Cuisine: American
Baseball games. Apple Pie. Fireworks. The USA has a rich cultural history and culinary heritage. Here are some classic American recipes and some new ideas that are sure to be favorites.
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Side Dish
Ms. Lillie’s Fried Cornbread
From "Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South," by Vivian Howard (Little Brown, 2016). This recipe is featured in…
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Entree
Fried Chicken Livers with Balsamic Marinated Figs
To make someone a liver lover, you should be careful to cook the livers until crispy but not overcooked, and paired them with an acidic…
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Entree
Whole Trout with Apple Mustard and Charred Cabbage Apple Slaw
Let this be the dish that converts you to cooking whole fish, which may require a trip to the fishmonger’s or seafood market. From "Deep…
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Side Dish
Charred Cabbage Apple Slaw
This slaw pairs with Vivian Howard's Whole Trout with Apple Mustard recipe. The dish is featured in Chasing Trout in Season 5 of A Chef's…
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Dessert
Butternut Bourbon Cream Pie
If pumpkin pie slipped on a silky ballgown, this dessert would be the result: a voluptuous golden custard nestled inside a nutty,…
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Dessert
Bill Smith’s Persimmon Pudding
Chapel Hill chef Bill Smith is a regular on a A Chef’s Life and this time he shares a recipe for persimmons. Smith recommends an…
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Entree
Porchetta
Jon and Tara Darling sent this recipe for the Porchetta that they made with Lidia, as she filmed her special, Homegrown Heroes.
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Beverage
Peanut, Pepsi and Bourbon Float
Vivian declares that this foaming spectacle of sweet, salty, creamy, crunchy, and boozy is the gold standard of ice cream floats. Now you…
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Dessert
Pine Nut Cookies (Amaretti con Pignoli)
Sweet and rich, soft and chewy with a crunchy pine nut crust, these cookies are super easy to make, naturally gluten-free, and really…
45 Minutes -
Appetizer
Stuffed Tomatoes (Pomodori Farciti al Forno)
"Make sure the tomatoes are all approximately the same size and not overripe; firm tomatoes will yield good-looking results. This is a…
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Side Dish
Broccoli Rabe Braised with Olive Oil And Garlic (Cime di Rapa all’Aglio e Olio)
Broccoli rabe, the leafy bitter almond-flavored vegetable consumed by Italians for centuries, has found it's way into American hearts. It…
25 Minutes -
Side Dish
The Picnic Cafe’s Broccoli Salad
Kathy Bonnet, owner of The Picnic Cafe in Nashville, Tenn., shared the recipe for her classic broccoli salad and the secret to her…
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Side Dish
Kieffer Pear Preserves
As Vivian wrote on her blog: "Kieffer preserves are so special in fact, I wouldn't dream of simply typecasting them as condiments for toast…
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Appetizer
Grandmother Shirley Webb’s Stuffed Banana Peppers
This recipe appears in A Chef's Life Season 5, Episode 3 called "Profilic Peppers".
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Dessert
Frankenpops
A quick and easy marshmallow treat recipe for Halloween. Made with chocolate candy coated marshmallows, making these treats make for a…
30 Minutes -
Salad
Summer Salad with Green Beans, Peaches and Bacon
The almond pesto is also great with apples, arugula and/or chicken. Pesto recipe comes from "Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My…