Martha's American Food

I love Martha's cookbooks! Here is the goodreads description:

In this beautiful volume, a love letter to American food, Martha Stewart, who has so significantly influenced the American table, collects her most favorite national dishes, as well as the stories and traditions behind them. These are recipes that will delight you with nostalgia, inspire you, and teach you about our nation by way of its regions and their distinctive flavors. Above all, these are time-honored recipes that you will turn to again and again. Organized geographically, the 200 recipes in Martha’s American Food include main dishes such as comforting Chicken Pot Pies, easy Grilled Fish Tacos, irresistible Barbecued Ribs, and hearty New England Clam Chowder. Here, too, are thoroughly modern starters, sides, and one-dish meals that harness the bounty of each region’s seasons and landscape: Hot Crab Dip, Tequila-Grilled Shrimp, Indiana Succotash, Chicken and Andouille Gumbo, Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Whitefish, and Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Meyer Lemon, Arugula, and Pistachios. And you will want to leave room for dessert, with dozens of treats such as Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie, New York Cheesecake, and Peach and Berry Cobbler. Through sidebars about the flavors that define each region and stunning photography that brings the foods—and the places with which we identify them—to life, Martha celebrates the unique character of each part of the country. With all the dishes that inspire pride in our national cuisine, Martha’s American Food gathers, in one place, the recipes that will surely please your family and friends for generations to come.

OK I have a confession... I never cook anything from Martha's books. UGHHHH I always want to cook things but they are so complicated. I love to look through the pictures and get ideas though.  And the photography is great.  I usually always check these books out from the library since thwy are so expensive.  Some are $75.00!!!  I own one that my aunt gave to me as a gift, Martha Stewart's Cooking School .  Which is a great book but not a lot of recipes in that one.  The American Food book has deserts, main dishes, drinks, just about everything! Here are some pictures I took from this book...

Also... I found a great picture on the web about Martha...

oh Martha I love you!!