The best crowd-pleasing recipes from widely acclaimed country inns and bed and breakfasts in the United States are collected in this unique cookbook and travel guide. Includes over 500 inns and more than 1,700 recipes from every state.
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About the Author
Kitty Maynard has three grown children, a loving dog, and is coauthor of many cookbooks. She is a registered nurse and a manager in the healthcare industry.
Lucian Maynard lives in North Carolina with his wife, Kitty. He has coauthored, with his wife, The American Country Inn and Bed & Breakfast Cookbook, Volumes I and II, The Oat Bran Cookbook, and, with Theodore Duncan, The All-New Diabetic Cookbook. He, too, is a registered nurse and manager in the healthcare industry.
Lucian Maynard lives in North Carolina with his wife, Kitty. He has coauthored, with his wife, The American Country Inn and Bed & Breakfast Cookbook, Volumes I and II, The Oat Bran Cookbook, and, with Theodore Duncan, The All-New Diabetic Cookbook. He, too, is a registered nurse and manager in the healthcare industry.
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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
At first, the sheer number of recipes in this cookbook will overwhelm you. Then, flipping to the index in the back you will find that you are able to look up dishes based upon their main ingredient (e.g. chicken, zucchini, potatoes).
We use this cookbook far more than any other book in the kitchen. Of all the dishes we have made, I can only recall not liking one.
It's naturally heavy on breakfast and brunch foods, but it has something to satisfy anyone's tastes - desserts, main courses, appetizers, beverages.
The biggest pain with this book is that it is separated by bed and breakfast rather than by kind of dish. This makes it rather time consuming to find a recipe. One has to turn to the index and then go down through the list flipping to various pages to find the "perfect" chicken dish, for example.
Separating the recipes out by type would have saved the recipe searcher a fair amount of time.
Still, it's a wonderful cookbook. I'm glad we have a copy. WARNING: This cookbook contains absolutely no photos of the food, so those who like seeing what the dish will look like will not enjoy this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This review refers to "The American Country Inn and Bed & Breakfast Cookbook"(vol 1) by Kitty and Lucian Maynard....
St Chuck Poolside Jambalaya to North Carolina Applsauce Muffins, Aunt Ruth's Baked Eggs and Cheese to Dorothy's Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Guacamole to Lobster Pie to Salt Lake City Taffy, you'll find the biggest and best collection of regional homestyle cooking from all over this great food lovin country in this fabulous cookbook!
Whatever type of fare you have in mind you'll find something good in these pages. The Manyard's have done all the work. State to State(including Alaska and Hawaii) they have found us some great recipes from Country Inns and Bed and Breakfast's from all over the country. With more than 1700 homestyle recipes you really get your money's worth.
You can go state to state(without leaving home) and try something new and different, or find some of your old favorites that you've been longing for.
There are two indexes to check through. You can check by city, or by food. For a good look at what's inside, the book, click on the 'Look Inside" link to several pages to browse through.The recipes range from meals as simple as Biscuits and Eggs to the more exotic tastes like Veal Scallops with Gorgonzola Sauce. You'll find several different ways of making the most everyday things, like French Toast, depending on what State or Regional taste you're in the mood for that day!
There's an additional perk to this cookbook as well. If you want to get out of your own kitchen and do a little traveling, you will find a little description as well as the addresses and phone numbers for all the Inn's used here, on the pages with their own recipes.In some cases there are nice little sketches of the lodgings as well.
I use this cookbook more than any other in my kitchen. although I haven't loved every single thing I've tried, it is stained and sticky with the remnants of some terrific recipes(some of my favorite pages are in worse shape than others!). Everytime I look through it for a new idea I find one. I love it! You will too.
So have fun, eat hardy and try to get someone else to do the clean-up.....enjoy...Laurie
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
My sister gave me this cookbook for my birthday a few years ago. When I found out there was a Volume 2, I rushed right out and bought that one, also. You can tell by looking at both books that they are the ones I reach for most often, because both of them are battered beyond belief!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book
second time I orderded this book. first one wore out I love it woule recommend it to any one who likes to cook
Published 4 months ago by diana anson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent transaction
This book was in much better condition than I was expecting. Could not have been happier with the quality of the book and with how fast it arrived!
Published 5 months ago by Kathie Tresenrider
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the best cookbook ever. I also have volume 1.
I got vol 1 many years ago and always wanted vol 2. The recipes are all wonderful, but then you use great ingredients too!
Published on April 18, 2009 by Karen K. Davidson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding Product
This book was marked used, but arrived in perfect condition. This is an amazing cookbook.
Published on March 19, 2009 by Kathleen T. Hicks
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's my 'go to' cookbook of choice!
I can't you how many times I've gone to my copy of this cookbook for recipes... it's the one I reach for first! It's like taking a trip around the country without leaving my home! Read more
Published on September 7, 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent source for finding forgotten recipes...
Have both books - and they are both much used in our kitchen. I have been able to find recipes for dishes others would not share based on ingredients. Read more
Published on December 31, 2002 by Heather
5.0 out of 5 stars
the american country inn and bed and breakfast cookbook
This cookbook is great !!!! i borrowed it from a friend and never gave it back (bad!!!) but it really is a great source for entertaining. Fanstastic and easy recipes. Read more
Published on July 1, 2001 by Elizabeth Hobbs
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have BOTH American Country Inn books.
They are both terrific. I am waiting for another? I buy them and give them for gifts. There aren't any pictures, but they are not needed. Read more
Published on May 5, 2000 by Kathy Deutscher
3.0 out of 5 stars
Sorry, I don't think too much of it.
Some recipes are good, some just OK. There are so many recipes in this book. It's hard to know which is the good one unless you try.
Published on January 20, 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the most spotted and stained cookbooks on my shelf!
I received this cookbook as a gift from my husband when the first edition was published. I liked it so much and used it so often I continue to give it to friends every year. Read more
Published on December 29, 1999
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