An American Feast (Paperback) by Ala Carte Communications, Foreword by Julia Child

This is the companion cookbook to the PBS special that brings together the country's top public-television chefs to create one fabulous feast. It includes all of the recipes featured in the show, as well as dozens of others. Each of its chapters (Starters; First Courses and Side Dishes; Main Courses--Fish; Main Courses--Meat and Poultry; and Desserts and Breads) features one of the five chefs from the program: Martin Yan, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Paul Prudhomme, Jacques Pépin, and Nathalie Dupree.

An American Feast also includes recipes from other household names, such as Rick Stein's Mussels with Tomato, Celery, and Saffron Butter, Vertamae Grosvenor's Corn and Shrimp Chowder, Two Fat Ladies' Lobster with Latkes, Graham Kerr's Roasted Chicken with Curry Pineapple Sauce, and Debbi Fields' Flourless Fudge Brownies, among dozens of other mouthwatering dishes.