America: The Great Cookbook

Name: America: The Great Cookbook
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Rating: 4.2 (97 reviews)
Author: Joe Yonan

by Joe Yonan

Nonfiction Cookbooks

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4.2 stars from 97 reviews

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Perfect for you if...

You want to learn from the source. these aren't restaurant-scale dishes but real meals that David Chang, Dan Barber, and Carla Hall make for their own families.
You're curious about how top chefs think about food when no one's watching. home cooking strips away the ego and shows you their actual priorities.
You love American food but want to move beyond the obvious. this captures the country's culinary diversity through personal, intimate recipes rather than a textbook approach.

Maybe not for you if...

You need step-by-step guidance for every technique. chefs assume some foundational cooking knowledge and won't hold your hand through basics.
You're looking for budget-friendly weeknight meals. many of these recipes use premium ingredients and reflect professional sensibilities.
You prefer ethnic or international cuisines without American interpretation. this is specifically about how American chefs cook, which means it's rooted in a particular context.

About this book

America: The Great Cookbook collects home cooking recipes from a hundred of America's top chefs, artisan producers, and food personalities. Joe Yonan, the James Beard Award-winning Food & Dining editor of The Washington Post, asked each contributor a personal question: What do you love to cook for the people that you love? Contributors include David Chang, Rick Bayless, Nathalie Dupree, Buddy Valastro, Carla Hall, Michael Voltaggio, and Dan Barber, among others. The recipes represent contemporary American cuisine in its diversity. The book features lavish photography of food and locations from across the United States, showcasing the range of American cooking.

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Currently 4.2★ from 97 reviews

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