U S A Cookbook or Throw Me a Bone

U. S. A. Cookbook

Author: Sheila Lukins

In a great, friendly, and indispensable book, Sheila Lukins, America's most trusted home cook and co-author of The Silver Palate Cookbook and The New Basics Cookbook, rediscovers, interprets, and transforms the best of American tastes and ingredients. Over 600 recipes, from Roasted and Fresh Vegetable Gazpacho to Smothered Beef Shanks, Super Bowl Clambake to Chocolate-Pecan Banana Cream Pie, combine the sophisticated and homespun to create pure culinary dazzle. Pride of place is given throughout to fresh and dried chiles, wild rice, Walla Walla onions, Western beef, cranberries, maple syrup, morels, and seafood right from our bays, rivers, and oceans. Featuring great American wines, beers, and cheese, plus regional and holiday specialties with a twist.

Sheila Lukins is most recently author of All Around the World Cookbook, and serves as food editor for Parade magazine.

Publishers Weekly

Following up 1994's All Around the World Cookbook

Library Journal

Lukins is no doubt best known as co-author of the perennially popular Silver Palate cookbooks, as well as The New Basics Cookbook (LJ 12/89). In her first book on her own, the All Around the World Cookbook (Workman, 1994), she explores other cuisines, and for this one she traveled throughout the country to discover the best American cooking. She visited farmers' markets, diners, and food festivals, where she found homey, old-fashioned favorites, but she also stopped at well-known restaurants serving more elegant fare. While the section called "The Breakfast Nook," for example, is filled with muffins, pancakes, and hearty egg dishes, "The Cocktail Hour" includes drinks from New York City's Rainbow Room and hors d'oeuvres suitable for garnishing with caviar. In short, the more than 600 recipes of all sorts, from simple to fancy, for any occasion or mood, will delight Lukins's many fans. Essential.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: All Around the U.S.A.

The Breakfast Nook--Breakfast Fruits & Cereals; Eggs & Hash; Pancakes, Waffles & Sides

Coffee Break--Muffins & Sweet Breads

Caf, Lunch--The Salad Plate; Sandwiches

The Cocktail Hour--Mixed Drinks; Complements

Dinnertime--The Relish Tray; Breads; Soups; Dinner Side Salads; The Farmer's Market; Noodles, Grains & Beans; Beef; Pork & Ham; Lamb; Poultry & Game; Fish; Shellfish

For Dessert--Fruit Desserts, Puddings & Pies; Cakes & Cookies; The Big Scoop

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Throw Me a Bone: 50 Healthy, Canine Taste-Tested Recipes for Snacks, Meals, and Treats

Author: Cooper Gillespi

Cooper Gillespie, an extremely intelligent and handsome Welsh springer spaniel, is a dog of discriminating taste and strong opinions. Now Cooper, with the assistance of cookbook author Sally Sampson and the transcription services of his favorite human, Susan Orlean, has put together 50 delectable recipes for snacks, meals, and treats for your canine companion.

Maybe you're cooking everything because your collie has colitis or your Akita has a wheat allergy or your older dog just isn't thriving on commercial kibble. Maybe you're mixing up the occasional biscuit or treat to help your best fur-bearing friend over that I-just-ate-a-tennis- ball-and-don't-feel-so-good episode. Whatever the reason, the recipes in this book (which have been approved by dog trainer and nutritional consultant Stacy Alldredge) will satisfy the most discerning doggie palate. Many of them, in fact, can be shared with a favorite human (though preferably not from the same dish).

Illustrated with more than 50 endearing black-and-white photographs of Cooper and friends by Cami Johnson, and liberally seasoned with stories, quotes, and nutrition tips, Throw Me a Bone makes a dog's dinner something to look forward to.