 The Good Home Cookbook More Than 1000 Classic American Recipes edited by Richard J. Perry. Collectors Press, 2006 When it comes to contemporary middle-America comfort cuisine, this encyclopedic collection of recipes takes the cake. With over 1,000 recipes from more than 700 sources, it is a substantial volume of indisputable value. Sorted into 15 chapters, beginning with Breakfast (Eggs Benedict, Huevos Rancheros, German Pancakes, etc) and Lunch (Tuna Salad Sandwich, BLT, Reubens, Monte Cristo, etc.), it covers Appetizers, Salads, Soups, Fish and Shellfish, Poultry, Meat, Grilling, Pasta and Rice, Vegetables, Breads and Toppings, and Pies, Cakes, and Cookies on its way to Other Desserts and Drinks and, finally, Drinks (Irish Coffee, Hot Cocoa, Root Beer Float, etc.) The book finishes up with several pages of appendices covering such topics as cooking terms, presentation, canning and preserving, and freezing and thawing foods. This is not an instructional book, or a collection of artful dishes. Without pretention, it simply offers a whole bunch of classic American recipes in a single binding. Look here for Shoofly Pie, Grilled Leg of Lamb, Hungarian Goulash, Chicken Pot Pie, Clam Fritters, Chicken Gumbo, Macaroni Salad, Oysters Rockefeller, Guacamole, Welsh Rabbit and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. This is the place to immerse yourself in the true melting pot of American diet. The collection is edited by a former chef, Richard J. Perry, who is also publisher of Collectors Press, which prints clever vintage cookbooks like Retro Fiesta, Retro Ranch, Retro Kids Cooking, Retro Baking and many more. Research on those cookbooks helped Perry locate and select the recipes that he considers standard American fare. To qualify, Perry said each recipes had to be "either a household name or a popular item on menus, like Caesar salad. Once a recipe was selected, we researched, and compared recipes to ensure that it could represent them all as 'the standard.'" More than 700 home cooks from across the country were recruited to test dishes before the final selection was made.
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