This recipe book offers an American coast-to-coast culinary journey, introducing regional and ethnic signature dishes from real Mexican to New York Jewish, and from the Deep "soulfood" South to the Pacific Rim. Also included in the book are American classics, from the NYC cheesecake to the cheeseburger. Recipes include: hot tamales; Choctaw Indian suncorn-crusted snapper; conch lasagne; buffalo pot pie; South Philly cheese steak sandwich; and fierce crab soup.