About this item
All your favorite blue plate specials in one cookbook! Like its people, American food is a melting pot of tastes and textures. Now flavors from every corner of the country are brought together in one soul-satisfying cookbook. Worthy of any diner's daily special board, these recipes are the real deal: wholesome, filling favorites that will bring the entire family to the table. You'll be transported back to your grandmother's kitchen as you dig into classics like: Chicken Pot Pie Fried Catfish Sloppy Joes Buttermilk Baked Chicken Chicken Fried Steak Roast Beef Hash Sausage Gravy Firestarter Chili Split Pea and Sausage Soup Corn Pudding Potato Onion Gratin Spiced Squash All-American Apple Pie Depression Cake Pecan Pie And many more favorites! True American food is the result of hearty people, bountiful farms, and innovative spirit.
About the Author
Internationally acclaimed chef and bestselling cookbook author, Larry Edwards, had garnered a worldwide following due to his ability to bring dishes to the public in a simple and straight-forward way and always including his trademark snarky humor.
With the release of his first cookbook, "Edwardian Cooking: 80 Recipes Inspired by Downton Abbey's Elegant Meals," Inside Google noted, "Larry Edwards has done for English cooking what Julia Child did for French cooking." The book has gone on to be an international bestseller and was featured at the New York City Public Library exhibit and the Peabody Institute Library. The book has also been enshrined into Australia's National Trust.
2017 will see two new cookbooks from Chef Larry Edwards. The first, Style & Spice (released September 12) is already receiving praise as the most complete cookbook ever published on Southwest cuisine and includes an entire section on the famed adult beverages from the areas famed cantinas.
In October of 2017, his second cookbook of the year will be released called The American Table. A historic look back on the great comfort foods of America we all remember from the diners, cafes and roadside eateries which once dotted the American landscape. As the chef once noted, "American's should take pride in its delicious culinary history." As one reviewer noted, "The American Table is a virtual encyclopedia of American comfort food we all love and cherish."
Recently the Chef has begun a new culinary project called the Rock&Roll Kitchens. A place where rock and roll comes together with delicious party foods and proves once-and-for-all that food and fun make the perfect marriage. As the chef noted in a recent interview about the Rock&Roll Kitchens, "it is all about breaking rules and being original."
You can now follow Chef Larry Edwards on Twitter for great recipes, autographed book giveaways, where he'll be appearing and the latest news on new books and the fun at the Rock&Roll Kitchens. Simply go to Twitter and ChefLarryEdward (no "s" in the Twitter name) .
