Hearkening back to the days before
“low-fat” and “low-carb” took
the fun out of food, The Good Home
Cookbook
features more than 1,000 recipes from the days when comfort food
wasn’t the latest trend, but a way of life. From a massive
collection of vintage cookbooks, including heirloom family recipe
books, Richard J. Perry selected dishes that represent the true staples
of American cuisine. Then, to see how the recipes changed over the
years, they were cross-referenced with later cookbooks. Ingredients and
techniques were “averaged” across regions and
decades and
finally, in a unique public testing program, sent to hundreds of home
cooks in all 50 states. The recipes were tested, retested —
without fancy stoves or exotic equipment — and meticulously
evaluated until each was perfect: a wholesome, delicious American
classic in keeping with today’s tastes, but never straying
from
its honest, blue-plate beginnings.
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The Good Home
Cookbook
More
Than 1000 Classic American Recipes
by
Richard J. Perry
Collectors
Press , 2006.
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a copy
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