Taste of Home Recipes Across America: 735 of the Best Recipes from Across the Nation

This book is the ultimate cookbook that will not disappoint, and has become the elite of my cookbook collection. There is much more offered in this inspiring cookbook, than one can possibly imagine. For starters, there are Main Dishes, Sides & More, and Sweets. This cookbook offers delicious recipes from across the nation, with stunning, colorful photos of not only prepared meals, but also special places across the nation. We go on an exciting tour of flavor from the Northeast, as we select incredible recipes from different states. We can select BLUEBERRY and CRANBERRY DELIGHTS, SUB SANDWICHES, CLAMBAKES, and much more. Several recipes are simple to prepare, and provide cooking time, as well as the number of servings. We can choose MAINE LOBSTERS from New Jersey or HOT DOGS, and there are different tastes that will indeed satisfy everyone's cravings, such as PIZZA from New York. There are recipes for BLUECRAB from Maryland, ANTIPASTO SUB from New York, or BEEF STEW with Sesame SEED BISCUITS. In addition: there are recipes from famous restaurants, recipes for breakfast, and recipes for appetizers, as well as a variety of salad dressings. Included in this fantastic cookbook is: MUFFINS; DRINKS; DIPS; DINNERS; JAMS; DESSERTS, BREAD & ROLLS; CANDY, ICE CREAM; CAKES & PIES; COOKIES & More. As if that isn't enough, there are also recipes for Frosting, and a variety of Sweet Treats. I will be gifting this golden gem to family and friends for the holidays.I have selected thus far, BUTTERY SCALLOPS in rich, creamy sauce, which is a sensation. My daughter has selected the ANTIPASTO SUB from New York to prepare for Monday's dinner. An update: The ANTIPASTO SUBS were delicious, and I will be making them again. There is: BROILED COD from Pennsylvania or DUTCH PORK CHOPS; LOBSTER NEWBURG from Maine or FRIED CLAMS; CORN BEEF & CABBAGE from Iowa; SOFT PRETZELS From Pennsylvania; and more. You can try Long Island Iced Tea from New York, or FROM SCRATCH BAGELS from Connecticut. I was surprised to see a recipe offered for NEW YORK CHEESECAKE, and AMISH SUGAR COOKIES. I made the MAPLE PANCAKES, which were delicious. West Virginia offers RED FLANNEL HASH, and I have my eyes on the AMISH BREAKFAST CASSEROLE for my next selection. We will leave updates with new recipes we make. Impressive, inspiring, and highly recommended!

Great photos and great recipes as I expected from Taste of Home. Great book!

Taste of Home Is one of my favorite recipe publications. I have several of their cook books. The recipes are easy to follow and pictures are great. This book is just another one to explore.

If you are looking for more ideas for dinner there are lots of good recipes in this cookbook. I tried three recipes so far with mixed results. The Easy Cuban Picadillo was pretty easy to make and I served it over rice. It was simply a ground beef recipe with tomato sauce, olives, raisins, green pepper and onion. Then I tried the Corn Chowder. That was trickier as I had to adapt the recipe quite a bit. I left out the salt and thyme and added in 1/4 cup butter blended with 1/4 cup flour to give the soup some thickness. I didn't like the idea of just eating milk with salt. I also added four teaspoons of chicken base. Then it turned out OK. I thought I might add another teaspoon of chicken base next time. But the real reason you should get this book is because it has an amazing recipe for Aloha Burgers. These are burgers with Swiss cheese, bacon, onion and pineapple with teriyaki sauce. The only thing is you have to fry the bacon before you start everything else. I'd also recommend you fry the onions right at the same time or right after the bacon. Timing is essential in this recipe as you have to get everything hot at the same time. So you are grilling pineapple at the same time as you are frying the hamburgers. I put everything on the hamburgers and put them under the broiler just for a few minutes to melt the cheese. This recipe is so good I could handle eating Aloha Burgers once a week. Now some of the things that might be important for a new cook is to realize say when a recipe calls for chopped walnuts that you have to give yourself extra time to chop them. Or when it says bacon, you have to fry that first. And it seems the time those jobs take are not calculated into the total time. So my advice it to really read the ingredients list first and do whatever needs to be done first and set it aside. I would have written some of the recipes differently if I'd been testing them. The Corn Chowder took about twice the amount of time due to having to dice all the potatoes. Some of the other recipes that look good include: Mushroom Swiss Mac and Cheese Sweet Potato Fries Cashew Chicken Homemade Pierogies Barbecued Brisket Tortilla Vegetable Chicken Soup Lentil Soup So lots of recipes to try. I'll report back on anything else that is tasty. ~The Rebecca Review

I love this cookbook! It is the second one that I have bought. The first one I loaned and never got back. About the contents...I grew up in South Texas and I know that a lot of the Tex-Mex recipes are authentic. Another thing I like is that the recipes are simple to make. The people send in the recipes because the names and stories are included by the recipes. Recipes from all regions of the USA. I have a lot of Taste of Home cookbooks and love them all! You can't go wrong on this one.

I literally just got this book today and I'm already LOVING IT! It has SO many great recipes and interesting facts about different parts of America......There are "some" recipes that I have also seen in other Taste of Home cookbooks that I own,but for the most part alot of them are ones I haven't seen before......I will DEFINITELY be trying out the Cinnamon Apples,Apple Cider Cinnamon Rolls,and the Amish Breakfast Casserole in the very near future! There is also an All Day Apple Butter recipe that stood out.....there is something for everyone in this book so it shouldn't disappoint........grab your copy ASAP!

I originally bought this as a surprise gift for my wife as I noticed she was taking a good bit of interest in some of the receipies she was reading from a womens magazine I had bought her. Well with a little research surfing on the internet I located the cook book from where they had pulled them and went ahead and ordered it through Amazon. Needless to say she loves it and I catch her looking through it all the time. I might add my wife is a professional chef, as I would like to refer to her for a university fraternity (frat house) as they are called on campus so I might say she has a little experience in this area. Like I say she loves it. I hope that this is of some help in helping you to decide whether or not to purchase this cook book and I might add it is very well written with good picture presentations of the dishes you would like to prepare. It definitely has a five star rating in this house hold.

We purchased this as a gift for some families in Europe, and they absolutely LOVED it! It was really cool that there were recipes for things that we can get any time we want, but that they crave since they have been here, and that there were recipes for food that we specifically have in our Midwest area. I purchased measuring spoons and cups to go with them as Europeans don't cook using those (they weigh everything), and the families loved those additional gifts also.