American Regional Cuisines
Subtitle: Food Culture and Cooking
By: Lou Sackett, David Haynes.
Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 885
ISBN-13: 9780131109360
Description: Filled with colorful 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: label: Preface
title: xiii; label: Advice to Students
title: xxiii; label: About the Authors
title: xxvi; label: Chapter 01
title: Keys to Understanding Regional Cuisines
pagenum: 2; label: Chapter 02
title: The Plantation South
pagenum: 24; label: Chapter 03
title: New England
pagenum: 84; label: Chapter 04
title: The Mid-Atlantic
pagenum: 146; label: Chapter 05
title: The Chesapeake Bay Shore
pagenum: 192; label: Chapter 06
title: Louisiana
pagenum: 234; label: Chapter 07
title: The Mexican Border
pagenum: 300; label: Chapter 08
title: The Appalachian South
pagenum: 358; label: Chapter 09
title: The Central Farmlands and Cities
pagenum: 404; label: Chapter 10
title: The Western and Central Ranchlands
pagenum: 458; label: Chapter 11
title: The Rocky Mountains and Great Basin
pagenum: 504; label: Chapter 12
title: Anglo-Asian California
pagenum: 538; label: Chapter 13
title: The Pacific Northwest
pagenum: 600; label: Chapter 14
title: Hawaii
pagenum: 646; label: Chapter 15
title: South Florida and Puerto Rico
pagenum: 718; label: Chapter 16
title: New York City
pagenum: 786; label: Glossary
title: 849; label: Recipe Index
title: 857; label: Subject Index
title: 877