Celebrate the exciting diversity of America's great culinary heritage in over 400 recipes. This work includes all-time favourites like Chocolate Brownies and Golden Fried Chicken and all the breads, muffins, cakes, cookies and pies you've ever dreamed of are waiting to be cooked and sampled. It covers everything you need for star-spangled celebrations, including Yankee Pot Roast and Apple Pie for a traditional family holiday. America has one of the most diverse culinary traditions of anywhere in the world. Anyone who thinks that American food starts and finishes with fast-food burgers and Southern-fried Chicken is missing out on the rich variety available. Inside this book, you will find an exciting range of tastes to tempt you, from the luxurious seafood specialities of the East Coast through to the deeply-satisfying food of the prairies, to the lighter Pacific-Rim-influenced cooking of California. If, however, your idea of heaven is the best-ever home made burger or authentic golden fried chicken, then this book is still the cookbook for you. Every recipe is presented in an easy-to-follow step-by-step format with an accompanying picture so you can see just how gorgeous your own finished dish will be. To help you further, useful cooking techniques such as how to truss poultry and how to make a souffle are fully explained.