Best American Recipes 2001 -2002

For this volume, editor Fran McCullough assembled an even larger collection of the year's best recipes form an even wider array of sources. The result is a dazzlingly diverse collection. there are weekday dinners: a skillet supper that no family cook should be without, a huge vegetarian feast in a single bowl, a winter salad that won the hearts of a top food magazine's editors. There are recipes to satisfy our latest cultural cravings: the lamb shanks that knowledgeable New Yorkers consider the best, an easy Indonesian chicken that Lauren Bacall reportedly adores, a slow-roasted salmon from the country's most fashionable Irish chef. There are great grilling recipes, cutting-edge dishes, best-ever holiday classics and for dessert, everything from simple cookies to a show-stopping chocolate cake.