American Regional Cuisines: Food Culture and Cooking, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (September 1, 2011) © 2012

  • Lou Sackett
  • David Haynes
Products list

Title overview

For courses in American Regional Cooking or American Cuisine

Filled with colourful recipes and comprehensive information on American food culture and history, this book provides an overview of American Regional Cuisines: Food Culture and Cooking. Featuring over 300 master recipes, it examines the culture, products and cuisine of fifteen culinary regions - from New England to Hawaii - and the micro-cuisines that exist within each region. Designed for the working chef, its recipes offer an ideal format based on how professionals actually cook in restaurants. The authors' foodservice and education backgrounds give the book the scholarly knowledge and the professional experience needed to make it an authentic reference that meets the demands of today's culinary students.

Table of contents

  • 1. Keys to understanding regional cuisines
  • 2. The plantation south
  • 3. New England
  • 4. The Mid-Atlantic
  • 5. The Chesapeake Bay shore
  • 6. Louisiana
  • 7. The Mexican border
  • 8. The Appalachian South
  • 9. The Central Farmlands and cities
  • 10. The Western and Central Ranchlands
  • 11. The Rocky Mountains and Great Basin
  • 12. Anglo-Asian California
  • 13. The Pacific Northwest
  • 14. Hawai'i
  • 15. South Florida and Puerto Rico
  • 16. New York city
  • 17. America's national cuisine
  • Glossary
  • Recipe Index
  • Subject Index

Need help?Get in touch