Saturday, August 10, 2013

BRUNCH WITH BINGO WEEKEND EDITION: RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA: A REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY, PART ONE

WELCOME TO A SPECIAL, TWO DAY
BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S
"BRUNCH WITH BINGO DAY"
I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS WEEKEND'S
 
FOOD BOOK CHOICE IS.....
GIVEAWAY ENDED
RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA
735 of the Best Recipes from Across the Nation 
TASTE OF HOME BOOKS from 
READER'S DIGEST PUBLISHING
ABOUT THE COOKBOOK:
Take a culinary road trip across the USA! Brand-new TASTE OF HOME: RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA lets you savor the country’s best-loved local flavors—without leaving home.

Sink your teeth into 735 delicious recipes, from crispy Southern Fried Chicken and tasty Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches to sweet Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie. You’ll discover best-loved hometown specialties from cities and towns all over the country…tasty gems only the locals know…fun-to-know food facts and folklore…and so much more! Every mouthwatering main dish, side, salad, soup and dessert is the family-favorite of a real home cook like you.
As a bonus, you’ll enjoy fun food facts and folklore sprinkled throughout the pages. The cookbook is in hardcover, with 512 pages, and include colorful photos and notes regarding regional landmarks, infamous restaurants and more.
 
ABOUT THE SECTIONS OF RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA:
With this collection the country is yours from coast to coast. You can plan a Southern summertime barbecue, feed hungry hands with Tex-Mex, enjoy the silky smoothness of maple syrup pie, have a German feast for Okoberfest, juicy fruits from the Pacific Northwest or Classic Cobb Salad. 

Here is how the sections are broken down and some of the recipes they  highlight in each section: 

NORTHEAST: Philly Cheese Steak, Yankee Pot Roast, New Haven Clam Pizza, Authentic Boston Brown Bread, Buffalo Chicken Wings, Amish Sugar Cookies and Brooklyn Blackout Cake

SOUTH: Shrimp Po-Boys, South Carolina-Style Ribs, Bacon Collard Green, Cheese 'n' Grits Casserole, Georgia Peanut Salsa, Sweet Potato Fries, Banana Pudding and Hummingbird Cake

MIDWEST: Church Supper Hot Dish, Onion Loose Meat Sandwiches, Cherry Wild Rice Salad, German Potato Salad, Chocolate-Covered Buckeyes, Golden Apple Snack Cake and State Fair Cream Puffs

SOUTHWEST: Arizona Chicken, Barbecued Beef Brisket, Chicken-Fried Steaks, Sizzling Tex-Mex Fajitas, Armadillo Eggs, Texas Caviar, Dr Pepper Barbecue Sauce, Classic Fruit Kolaches, German Chocolate Cake and Tres Leches Cake

WEST: Buffalo Steak Salad, Chicken Long Rice, Pacific Rim Salmon, California Sushi Rolls, Green Goddess Salad Dressing, Romaine Caesar Salad, Utah Buttermilk Scones, Caramel-Frosted Potato Cake, Oregon's Best Marionberry Pie and Lemon Tart with Almond Crust
 

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
For 20 years, Taste of Home has been the world’s most popular cooking publication. Through the pages of the flagship magazine, popular cookbooks and online community, Taste of Home offers a friendly exchange of family-favorite recipes, cooking tips and personal stories from genuine home cooks. Because professional food staff tests and evaluates every recipe in the Taste of Home Test Kitchen, readers are guaranteed success every time.

Taste of Home is a go-to resource for the holidays and any time of the year for information on food, cooking and entertaining. Each year, thousands of great home cooks from across the United States and Canada submit more than 40,000 recipes, of which 3,000 are published in Taste of Home magazines and online, making Taste of Home one of the largest and most successful practitioners of user generated content. Before being published, every recipe is tested in the Taste of Home Test Kitchen to ensure that it can be prepared with affordable, everyday ingredients from regular grocery stores. Taste of Home content is available in print; online at Tasteofhome.com; in books; via digital download on iPad, mobile apps and Kindle; and Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
 
A SAMPLE RECIPE FROM RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA:
LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE
Smoked turkey sausage and red pepper flakes punch up the flavor of this saucy, slow-cooked version of the New Orleans classic. For extra heat, add red pepper sauce at the table.
-- Julia Bushree, Georgetown, Texas
PREP: 20 min.
COOK: 8 hours
YIELDS: 9 servings
INGREDIENTS:
  • 4 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 can (14½ ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 package (14 ounces) smoked turkey sausage, sliced
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 3 celery ribs, chopped
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 medium green pepper, chopped
  • 1 small sweet red pepper, chopped
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 2 green onions, chopped
  • Hot cooked rice
DIRECTIONS:  
1. In a 4-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 11 ingredients. 
2. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until vegetables are tender. 
3. Stir before serving. Discard bay leaf.

4. Sprinkle each serving with onions. 
5. Serve with rice. 

MY THOUGHTS/REVIEW:
Watch for my review in Part 2 of RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA tomorrow.
 
GIVEAWAY 
THANKS TO LEYANE AND THE GOOD
FOLKS AT FSB ASSOCIATES, I HAVE ONE
COPY OF THIS AMAZING COOKBOOK TO 
GIVE AWAY TO ONE LUCKY WINNER

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+1 ENTRY: COMMENT ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU READ ABOVE ABOUT RECIPES ACROSS AMERICA THAT MADE YOU WANT TO WIN THIS COOKBOOK, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS  

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GOOD LUCK! 

86 comments:

debbie said...

I really like how they give recipes from all over the country. I would love to have this cookbook in my collection.
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Tea said...

+1Louisiana Red Beans and Rice

This recipe is something like my Chili Con Carne recipe. One big difference is I've never used chicken broth in it. I'll bet that would make it really tasty. I do use tomatoes and tomato sauce. Instead of the sausage I use ground beef chunked up. I'd like to try this recipe. It looks so good.

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Suburban prep said...

I like that it is sectioned into different areas of the country.

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For Tea Norman

+1 I want to win the cookbook because it's a chance to sample recipes from different regions which are on the USA map.

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Joan said...

I love trying new recipes and this one would give me the opportunity to try some from across the USA.
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Joan said...

I'd love to try the recipe you shared for Red Beans and Rice as it sounds delicious.
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Linda Kish said...

I like all of the extras that are included...fun food facts and folklore, regional landmarks, infamous restaurants and lots of color pictures to peruse.

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Amish sugar cookies sounds like a recipe I would have to try (watch out for my sweet tooth)

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A book with recipes from across America sounds fascinating. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I want to try the Cheese 'n' Grits Casserole.

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I am really interested in how they broke out the recipes from geographical areas - plus I've used their cookbooks before and trust the recipes:)

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I would really like to try the Brooklyn Blackout Cake, the Onion Loose Meat Sandwiches and Sizzlin Tex Mex Fajitas! They sound yummy

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I love the idea that the recipes are from all areas of the United States.

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Wendy Newcomb said...

LOL, I wouldn't like to try it BUT the rest of my family would probably love the LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE. They eat that kind of stuff all the time, I find something else to eat on those nights.

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I have always been interested in the different foods from different regions of United States.

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Carol N Wong said...

On the recipe that you showcased the prep time is only 20 minutes. I have always loved the flavors of Red Beans and Rice. It would be easiy to adapt with veggie substitutions.

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Luvdaylilies said...

I like that you can choose from a variety of great recipes that represent different regions of the country, pretty neat!
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