Shares traditional recipes for drop, refrigerator, pressed, and bar cookies, as well as macaroons, shortbreads, jumbles, brownies, and Christmas cookies

For generations of Southerners, bread has been "the staff of life." Recipes from cornbreads to quick breads.

Arranged by season, these recipes are appropriate to major festivals as well as to specialized occasions, such as the Kentucky Derby Day or Twelfth Night.

Taste America’s finest traditional dishes in this compilation of 300 sensational recipes. From Southern Fried Chicken to New England Clam Chowder, Good Housekeeping presents the best of traditional, time-tested American home cooking, all in one big, beautiful book. Every cook needs these favorites—with delectable photos and fascinating history tracing the recipes’ evolution—at her fingertips. All the recipes were triple-tested in the Good Housekeeping kitchens, where the magazine’s experts created the perfect rendition of each beloved dish. And what a delicious portrait of American cuisine they paint! Who could resist Maryland Crab dip, Bear Mountain Butternut Soup, Barbecued Pulled Pork, or Boston Cream Pie? The recipes also reflect the American “melting pot,” with dishes ranging from Egg Foo Yong to Huevos Rancheros. Plus—ever wonder how some of the most popular recipes were invented? Delightful historical sidebars provide background on the American culinary scene over time—Friday Night Fish Fries, Cakewalks at County Fairs, and more.

Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

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