Eaterland: Recipes and Stories from Across the United States by Sarah Zorn, Missy Frederick
The United States of Eater is a popular website that deep dives into the quirky regional dishes that truly define American cuisine, with recipes, essays, and stories from local celebrities and chefs. When casual food lovers attempt to define stereotypical “American cuisine,” they often lean into foods like hamburgers, hot dogs, and pizza.
Divided into eight regions, this cookbook is filled with recipes, introductions from notable local chefs or celebrities, and recommendations for restaurants that serve the eclectic, multicultural cuisines that actually make up American food. From more recognised dishes like Detroit-Style Pepperoni Pizza and New York’s Chopped Cheese to the French fry–topped Pittsburgh Salad and the Midwest’s Funeral Potatoes, this almanac is an ode to American food.
This book also celebrates the history of food in the United States, centring Indigenous recipes and cooking techniques, highlighting immigrant influences on local favourites, and illustrating how renowned chefs like Kwame Onwuachi and Tiffany Derry are recontextualising and modernising food in America.
For anyone who has wanted to experience Maryland crab soup, toasted ravioli from St. Louis, and Kentucky’s renowned Hot Brown sandwich all without leaving their kitchen, this book is a perfect guide from Eater, the authority on where to eat and why it matters.
304 pages | Hardcover | 21cm x 26cm