The Essential James Beard Cookbook: 450 Recipes That Shaped the Tradition of American Cooking (Repost)

The best recipes from one of America's most influential food personalities in a big, delicious cookbook that delights in every category Known as the Dean of American Cooking, James Beard set a standard of culinary excellence that’s still a benchmark today. He was an early television presence who helped shape what America ate in restaurants and cooked at home, and was both an innovative recipe writer and a scholar of American foodways, preserving classic dishes from the past for his readers to cook in the present. Compiled from twelve of his classic books and freshened for a modern audience, The Essential James Beard will stand with definitive and lively cookbooks such as The New York Times Cookbook and The Joy of Cooking. • appetizers and hors d’oeuvres • soups • pastas and noodles • fish and shellfish • meat and game • rice, potatoes and stuffings • breads • desserts • and more