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Ecco
October 2011
On Sale: October 18, 2011
320 pages ISBN: 0061963291 EAN: 9780061963292 Hardcover
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Andrew Carmellini, two-time James Beard Award winner,
acclaimed author of Urban Italian, and executive
chef–owner of the hit New York City restaurants Locanda
Verde and The Dutch, takes readers on a wonderfully rich and
diverse tour through the ingredients and cuisines that
constitute American flavor For most of his life,
Andrew Carmellini has been hitting the road, tasting the
best of American flavors. Whether on childhood trips
escaping from the hard-bitten winters of Ohio to sunny
Florida and its fresh citrus fruit, cross-country trips in
pursuit of the Great American Breakfast, or five-meal-a-day
swings through barbecue country, he absorbed everything he
could about regional cooking, American-style, at every stop.
In American Flavor, Carmellini shares the
lessons of his culinary life on the road in recipes and
stories that get at the soul of how we eat today. Using the
traditional regional foodways and the multicultural
neighborhoods, global eateries, and ethnic groceries that
dot the American landscape as his inspiration, he introduces
delectable, enticing dishes that deliver maximum impact yet
are surprisingly simple to make. In the book, you’ll find
cheese pierogies inspired by the Polish church ladies of
Carmellini’s native Cleveland right next to his take on
savory-sweet barbecued beef short ribs from L.A.’s Korea
Town; seriously smoky southwestern mole alongside savory
lamb stew that takes its flavors from Astoria, the
historically Greek neighborhood in Queens, New York. Every
recipe reflects Carmellini’s laid-back style, midwestern
roots, big-city palate, and dedication to great ingredients
and serious flavor. Along with the recipes are
true-life tales of Carmellini’s crazy culinary travels
across America, into Canada, and even to Europe. Whether
he’s hunting ramps with the locals during an extern summer
at a Virginia mountain resort or sampling some of the
surprising off-menu specials at a hippie café in Vancouver,
British Columbia, these hilarious, engaging stories tell the
tale of the education of an American chef inside the
kitchen—and out. Entertaining and inspiring,
American Flavor is a book that readers will turn to
again and again, not only for special occasions and everyday
meals, but also as a portrait of real American food in the
twenty-first century: sophisticated but down-to-earth,
rustic but refined, and always deeply flavored and delicious.
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