Wheat Montana Cookbook
The folks at Wheat Montana share their favorite recipes from the Wheat Montana Bakery and Deli in Three Forks, Montana, their home kitchens, and their loyal customers.
Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook
Offers an introduction to old-fashioned, country-style cooking with a collection of 300 all-American recipes, focusing on cooking with inexpensive ingredients such as grains, vegetables, pasta, poultry & low-fat cuts of meat that are synonymous with good nutrition.
Dining by Rail
Dining by Rail is James D. Porterfield's book of history and recipes from America's golden age of railroad cuisine. Porterfield is a devotee of railroad history and a gourmet cook, and while preparing this book he sorted through 7,500 railroad recipes. Full of authentic menus and classic recipes like Lobster Newburg, deviled eggs and blanc mange, Dining by Rail is the book for anyone who has ever dreamed of returning to the days of glamorous travel.
Mama Dip's Kitchen
For nearly twenty-five years, Mildred Council -- better known by her nickname, Mama Dip -- has nourished thousands of hungry folks in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her restaurant, Mama Dip's Kitchen, is a much-loved community institution that has gained loyal fans and customers from all walks of life, from New York Times food writer Craig Claiborne to former Tar Heel basketball player Michael Jordan.Mama Dip's Kitchen showcases the same down-home, wholesome, everyday Southern cooking for which its namesake restaurant is celebrated. The book features more than 250 recipes for such favorites as old-fashioned chicken pie, country-style pork chops, sweet potatoes, fresh corn casserole, poundcake, and banana pudding. Chapters cover breads and breakfast dishes; poultry, fish, and seafood; beef, pork, and lamb; vegetables and salads; and desserts, beverages, and party dishes.The book opens with a charming introductory essay, a savory reflection on a life in cooking that also reveals the story behind Council's nickname. It is both a graceful reminiscence of a country childhood and the inspiring story of a woman determined to make her own way in the larger world.
The Wooden Spoon Dessert Book
The Wooden Spoon Dessert Book is a bonanza for lovers of dessert-a wide range of favored perennials and rediscovered classics. Here is a wonderful, homey, and delicious array of recipes for the last, and best, course of any meal: custards, sugar pies, cobblers, layer cakes, frostings, pie doughs, and icebox cakes, all made simple as can be by Marilyn M. Moore's straightforward directions and attention to detail. "A masterful job at introducing the novice to techniques and what-ifs." - The Washington Post
The All-American Cowboy Cookbook
Whether they are riding the range under a blazing Texas sun or a cool Montana moon, or working on a hollywood sound stage, cowboys and cowgirls can work up a hearty appetite. Real cowboys can ride, shoot, rope...and cook!The All-American Cowboy Cookbook is filled to the brim with favorite recipes from the country's most famous western stars from the Silver Screen and television to rodeo heroes and cooks on real working ranches. The collection also features recipes from some of the best cowboy balladeers ever to lasso a microphone.In The All-American Cowboy Cookbook, you'll find delicious recipes including: John Wayne's Famous GritsJames Arness' Gunsmokin' ChiliClint Eastwood's Western SpaghettiRoy Rogers' Chicken and DumplingsJames Garner's Chilies RellenosWalter Brennan's Clam ChowderGene Autry's Peanut Butter Pie Inside, you will find a variety of cowboy traditional dishes as well as cherished family recipes from Annie Oakley star Gail Davis and a breakfast delight from Gregory Peck.Singers George Strait, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Michael Martin Murphey are among those who have shared their mouth-watering recipes. Your taste buds will giddy up for recipes from Brooks & Dunn, Patsy Montana, Randolph Scott, the Sons of the Pioneers and a corral full of more than 150 other cowboy stars.Loaded with nearly 200 classic photographs and saddlebags full of Old West memories and fun trivia teasers, The All-American Cowboy Cookbook is sure to cause a stampede to the dinner table when you holler, "Come and git it!"
Cooking Down East
For more than a generation, Marjorie Standish's books have been the most well-thumbed cookbooks in many a Maine kitchen. The recipes are hearty, simple to prepare, and classic -- the kind of favorite dishes that never go out of style.
Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook
"Chez Panisse is an extraordinary dining experience. . . . It is Alice Waters's brilliant gastronomic mind, her flair for cooking, and her almost revolutionary concept of menu planning that make Chez Panisse so exciting."--James Beard Justly famed for the originality of its ever-changing menu and the range and virtuosity of its chef and owner, Alice Waters, Chez Panisse is known throughout the world as one of America's greatest restaurants. Dinner there is always an adventure--a different five-course meal is offered every night, and the restaurant has seldom repeated a meal since its opening in 1971. Alice Waters is a brilliant pioneer of a wholly original cuisine, at once elegant and earthy, classical and experimental, joyous in its celebration of the very finest and freshest ingredients. In this spectacular book, Alice Waters collects 120 of Chez Panisse's best menus, its most inspired transformations of classic French dishes. The Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook is filled with dishes redolent of the savory bouquet of the garden, the appealing aromas and roasty flavors of food cooked over the charcoal grill, and the delicate sweetness of fish fresh from the sea. There are menus here for different seasons of the year, for picnics and outdoor barbecues and other great occasions. Handsomely designed and illustrated by David Lance Goines, this is an indispensable addition to the shelf of every great cook and cookbook readers. "A lovely book, wonderfully inventive, and the food is very pure."--Richard Olney
The Virginia Housewife
Originally published in 1824, this influential, classic guide by a noted Virginia hostess is widely regarded as the first truly Southern cookbook. Compiled and written by Mary Randolph (reputed to have been the best cook in Richmond), it contains a treasury of cooking instructions for everything from hearty soups to exotic cordials. Included are time-honored recipes for a wide range of beef, veal, lamb and pork dishes, along with fish, poultry, sauces, vegetables, pudding, cakes, preserves, and more. In addition to such traditional Southern fare as okra soup, curry of catfish, barbequed shoat (a fat young hog), field peas, beaten biscuits and sweet potato buns, readers will also find scores of recipes for dishes, condiments and beverages rarely seen on today's dinner table: sweetbread and oyster pie, grilled calf's head, shoulder of mutton with celery sauce, fried calf's feet, pheasant "a-la-daub," tansy pudding, gooseberry fool (cold stewed gooseberries with custard and whipped cream), pickled nasturtiums, walnut catsup, vinegar of the four thieves, ginger wine, and many other edibles from a bygone era.More than just a collection of recipes, however, this comprehensive cook's reference also provides a fascinating introduction to the food and customs of the antebellum South, as well as handy instructions for making soap, starch and cologne water, cleaning silver, drying herbs, and much other useful advice.For this edition, Jan Longone, a specialist in antiquarian wine and food books, has contributed an informative new introduction that outlines the singular qualities of Mrs. Randolph's book and its preeminent place in American culinary history. Any cook, antiquarian or lover of Americana will enjoy this rare glimpse into the kitchens of the past.
The Little New Orleans Cookbook
Recreate that special Crescent City magic right in your own kitchen with The Little New Orleans Cookbook. Here, author Gwen McKee presents fifty-seven classic New Orleans dishes, with entertaining notes and stories woven throughout. There are easy methods for making Shrimp Creole, Crawfish Etouffee, Remoulade Sauce, Seafood Gumbo, and Blackened Redfish, as well as directions for preparing Perfect Boiled Shrimp. There are also recipes for mirlitons, courtbouillon, grillades, cushaw, and maque choux, and tips for preparing red beans and rice, po boys, muffulettas, and Oysters Rockefeller. For dessert, try Chocolate Eclairs, elegant Bananas Foster, Mardi Gras King Cake, or Creamy Pralines!
The Only Texas Cookbook
This cookbook is an exciting patchwork collection of authentic recipes as varied as the ethnic makeup of Texas.
Coastal Carolina Cooking
For generations, coastal North Carolinians have prepared and savored time-honored recipes that are as much a part of their tradition as boatbuilding and netmaking. Home-cooked meals using the great variety of seasonal foods remain central to family life. In this collection Nancy Davis and Kathy Hart have preserved an important part of the heritage of this region.Here thirty-four Tar Heel cooks offer recipes that can't be found in popular cookbooks or on restaurant menus. In Edenton, Frances Drane Inglis shares her recipe for plum pudding from the pages of a nineteenth-century family cookbook. And from Gloucester, Bill Pigott offers one of his specialties, conch chowder, a Carteret County classic.But these cooks describe more than just good food; they recount the heritage of the coast through stories, anecdotes, helpful tips, and historical facts. Vignettes on each cook lend a historical perspective to this book and the old-time recipes will be treasured for years to come.
