American regional cooking reflects the ethnic contributions of those who settled our vast nation. The recipes brought to this hemisphere by those who emigrated from other parts of the globe more often than not contain foods that began their global journey right here in the Western Hemisphere as part of the Columbian Exchange. This two-volume work, chuck full of easy-to-follow recipe ideas and equally full of gems of collected wisdom, both culinary and historical, is a very personal journal by an author who has searched the world to ferret out recipes to feed her family and her own...

American regional cooking reflects the ethnic contributions of those who settled our vast nation. The recipes brought to this hemisphere by those who emigrated from other parts of the globe more often than not contain foods that began their global journey right here in the Western Hemisphere as part of the Columbian Exchange. This two-volume work, chuck full of easy-to-follow recipe ideas and equally full of gems of collected wisdom, both culinary and historical, is a very personal journal by an author who has searched the world to ferret out recipes to feed her family and her own...