In this beautiful volume, a love letter to American food, Martha Stewart, who has so significantly influenced the American table, collects her most favorite national dishes, as well as the stories and traditions behind them. These are recipes that will delight you with nostalgia, inspire you, and teach you about our nation by way of its regions and their distinctive flavors. Above all, these are time-honored recipes that you will turn to again and again.
Organized geographically, the 200 recipes in Martha’s American Food
include main dishes such as comforting Chicken Pot Pies, easy Grilled
Fish Tacos, irresistible Barbecued Ribs, and hearty New England Clam
Chowder. Here, too, are thoroughly modern starters, sides, and one-dish
meals that harness the bounty of each region’s seasons and landscape:
Hot Crab Dip, Tequila-Grilled Shrimp, Indiana Succotash, Chicken and
Andouille Gumbo, Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Whitefish, and Whole-Wheat
Spaghetti with Meyer Lemon, Arugula, and Pistachios. And you will want
to leave room for dessert, with dozens of treats such as
Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie, New York Cheesecake, and Peach and Berry
Cobbler.
Through sidebars about the
flavors that define each region and stunning photography that brings the
foods—and the places with which we identify them—to life, Martha
celebrates the unique character of each part of the country. With all
the dishes that inspire pride in our national cuisine, Martha’s American Food gathers, in one place, the recipes that will surely please your family and friends for generations to come.
