{"product_id":"9781250027887","title":"The Essential James Beard Cookbook: 450 Recipes That Shaped the Tradition of American Cooking","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe best recipes from one of America's most influential food personalities in a big, delicious cookbook that delights in every category\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Known as the Dean of American Cooking, James Beard set a standard of culinary excellence that's still a benchmark today.  He was an early television presence who helped shape what America ate in restaurants and cooked at home, and was both an innovative recipe writer and a scholar of American foodways, preserving classic dishes from the past for his readers to cook in the present. Compiled from twelve of his classic books and freshened for a modern audience, \u003ci\u003eThe Essential James Beard \u003c\/i\u003ewill stand with definitive and lively cookbooks such as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e.  It covers the best and most necessary recipes in every category:\u003cbr\u003e- appetizers and hors d'oeuvres\u003cbr\u003e- soups\u003cbr\u003e- pastas and noodles\u003cbr\u003e- fish and shellfish\u003cbr\u003e- meat and game\u003cbr\u003e- rice, potatoes and stuffings\u003cbr\u003e- breads\u003cbr\u003e- desserts\u003cbr\u003e- and more\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121920917744,"sku":"9781250027887","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250027887_p0.jpg?v=1769891387","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250027887","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}