All-American Desserts seems to contain at least one example of every single dessert that could be considered to be American. Some are inherently American, notable the cookies and many regional desserts, but all are unquestionably loved by Americans - as well as by other dessert-lovers, too! The recipes are all straight-forward and easy to follow, with iconic recipes such as Grits Pudding with Roasted Apples, Shoofly Pie, Chocolate Chip Cookies and Berry Cobblers, to updated takes on favorites, like Persimmon and Apple "Pot Pie" and Lemon Blackberry Crumble Ice Cream.
The only drawback to the book is that there are no pictures of the recipes inside to tempt you. The book more than makes up for this by incorporating the histories of almost all the recipes, as well as spotlights on ingredients, cooking tips and assorted other trivia. The writing is actually a better feature than photographs because, with 400 recipes, a second volume would have been required to hold them all. Besides, with so many recipes to choose from, reading the table of contents should be more than enough to inspire you.
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