Cooking, American Style Class 3 Recipe & Supermarket Reports International Center at Catholic Charities Community Services May 2013 Instructor: Virginia Guilford

Cooking, American Style Class 1 – American Cuisine Class 2 – Navigating the Supermarket Class 3 – Recipe & Shopping Reports

Cooking, American Style Class 3 Your Favorite American Food Recipe Reports Restaurant Reports Supermarket Location Reports Supermarket Unit Price Reports Finding Out More

Your Favorite American Food Hamburgers? French Fries? Macaroni & Cheese? Brownies? Chocolate Cake? Strawberry Shortcake?

Recipe Reports Small-Batch Microwave Strawberry Jam Corn on the Cob / Barefoot Contessa Corn Salad Good & Plenty Macaroni & Cheese Steaks with Mushroom Red Wine Sauce Aunt Betty Bob’s Brownies

Restaurant Reports New American Cuisine American Comfort Food Regional Specialties –Southern/BBQ –California –New England Fast Food

Supermarket Item Reports Ask for an item, follow the directions, and take a photo of the item when you find it.

Supermarket Unit Pricing Reports Compare different brands or sizes using the unit pricing information to decide which is the best buy.

American Holidays & Food Thanksgiving Christmas Easter Derby Day Mother’s Day Fourth of July Birthdays Weddings

Finding Out More TV –Cooking Channel Iron Chef with Alton Brown Throwdown with Bobby Flay –Food Network Barefoot Contessa with Ina Garten Giada at Home with Giada de Laurentis Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives with Guy Fieri Paula’s Best Dishes with Paula Dean –Travel Channel Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

Finding Out More Virginia’s Favorite Classic Cookbooks –Silver Palate Cookbook –Craig Clairbourne’s New York Times Cookbook –Maida Heatter's Cakes

Finding Out More Magazines –Family Circle or Woman’s Day –Martha Stewart Living –Saveur –Everyday with Rachel Ray

Finding Out More Internet –Epicurious - –Smitten Kitchen - –Martha Stewart - –ChowHound - –Vegetable Buying Guide BuyingGuide.htm BuyingGuide.htm –Tips for shopping at Farmers Markets mers--Market-Tips.htm mers--Market-Tips.htm