America’s Best Breakfasts
As a cookbook collector AND Food Network/Cooking Channel fanatic, I’ve found a cookbook that seems custom made for me: America’s Best Breakfasts by Lee Brian Schrager and Adeena Sussman.
This beautiful, fun, and highly unique cookbook is packed with breakfast recipes that are NOT your grandmother’s breakfast recipes. They’re insanely original, exciting, and F-U-N.
The authors have attacked a meal of the day (the one most people consider the most important one) that can get pretty boring. They didn’t just give breakfasts a wake up call, they’ve infused new life into the whole shebang.
Whether you love breakfasts first thing in the morning, tend to prefer “brunches,” or love breakfast meals for supper – this is a cookbook that’ll give you endless options, ideas, and inspiration.
From the Inside Cover:
Rise and dine! If there’s one meal of the day to get passionate about—no matter where you’re from in this great land—it’s breakfast with all the fixings. Featuring down-home diners, iconic establishments, and the newest local hot spots, America’s Best Breakfasts is a celebration of two of this nation’s honored traditions: hitting the open road and enjoying an endless variety of breakfasts. Even without a road trip, you can re-create favorites that will satisfy any time of day:
Shrimp and Grits, Hominy Grill, Charleston
Croque Monsieur Sandwiches, Tartine, San Francisco
Kimchi Pancakes, Sunshine Tavern, Portland
Filipino Steak with Garlic Fried Rice, Uncle Mike’s, Chicago
Cannoli French Toast, Café Lift, Philadelphia
Brioche Cinnamon Buns, Honey Bee, Oxford
Morning Glory Muffins, Panther Coffee, Miami
America’s Best Breakfasts isn’t just a great cookbook, it’s an especially fun read because it reads like a Food Network episode – you not only get to see (and then make) delicious looking food, you “meet” the colorful people behind the restaurants and food.
As I read through the book, I kept thinking, “I wish they’d turn this into a series.” Seriously, it’d be a winner. The great recipes are, of course, the best thing about the cookbook – they’re easy to make and delicious to eat. What’s more, they’re highly unique – like “Pacos” (pancake tacos), “Old Fashioned Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothies,” “Coconut Pancakes,” and “Roasted Potato Phyllo Pie” (just to name a few).
America’s Best Breakfasts
This is just a really exceptional cookbook and I know you’ll love it as much as I do.
And I still wish they’d turn this into a Food Network series….
America’s Best Breakfasts
About the Authors
LEE BRIAN SCHRAGER is the founder and director of the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach and New York City Wine & Food Festivals. He is also the vice president of corporate communications and national events at Southern Wine & Spirits of America and the author of Fried and True and The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Lee has appeared on Today and Rachael Ray, and serves on the board of directors for the Food Bank of New York City. He lives in Miami and New York City.
ADEENA SUSSMAN is a cookbook writer and recipe authority. In addition to this book she also collaborated with Lee Schrager on Fried and True, and is the coauthor of many other cookbooks. Her work has also been published in Food & Wine, The Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart Living, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and on Epicurious and Food Republic.
Note: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review. The opinions are entirely my own.
