America's Best Kitchen Cookbook and CDs Spotlights the Most Delicious Recipes in the U.S.

Cathy Leslie of Garland, Texas, professes to be no more than an ordinary person with an extraordinary enthusiasm for cooking. But if this 40-something year-old woman is no homemaking diva like-well, you know who-shes been a catalyst for collecting recipes now available through Amazon or Borders in a 258-page cookbook titled Americas Best Kitchens--Southwestern Edition." The cookbook features a total of 500 recipes from households in six states in the Southwest, stamped by the culinary tastes of the region," said Leslie, of Americas Best Kitchens (ABK). Its a potpourri of cooking secrets collected through our Internet web site, www.AmericasBestKitchens.com, and catalogued under those states: Arizona, Arkansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Some of the recipes have been in families over the generations and only now being disseminated," said Leslie, who herself has received recognition for her chili dishes garnering blue ribbons at Texas State Fairs.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) December 5, 2004 -- The Southwestern cookbook is the first of the regional editions from Americas Best Kitchens, which has established itself as a clearinghouse for recipes from average American households.

Our web site has received more than 4 million recipes from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with the challenge identifying the ones to highlight," Leslie continued. Believe me, its not easy, but its worth the effort because were helping to bring the most delectable cooking creations from one kitchen to another."

A sample of the recipes in the Southwestern edition provides a mouth-watering inkling: Mesquite Barbecue Melts" and Old West Gyros" from Arizona; Muddy River Pecan Brownies" and Southern Tea Cakes, Arkansas; Quiche Rio Grande" and Five-Step Gnocchi," Nevada; Four-Corner Biscuits" and Eggs Santa Fe," New Mexico; Irish Stew" and Rattleneck 7-Up," Oklahoma; and Sky High Honey Biscuits" and Longhorn Huckleberry Cake," Texas.

Each recipe is led off with a header crediting the person submitting the recipe. Besides receiving an Americas Best Kitchen certificate and medal, all of the individuals in the ABK regional editions have the satisfaction of knowing theyre having an impact on the menus of other household.

Thats no small dimension to why folks around the country have sent in their recipes. They want to share them with others, and we provide the means of doing it," Leslie said.

As an added incentive, ABK provides cookbook contributors with a CD containing a total of 5,100 recipes culled from the more than 4 million submittals (100 recipes for each state and the District of Columbia). And they also receive the cookbook for their region of the country.

For everyone else, the regional cookbook CD is priced at $29.95 and comes with a companion volume, 1776 American Cooking Recipes," which has the distinction of being the first American cookbook published in the newly formed United States.

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