What is American cuisine? What national menu do we share? What dishes have we chosen, how did they become "American," and how are they likely to evolve from here? In Food Americana, David Page answers all these questions and more.America is more than just a fast food nation. Food Americana is the inside story of how generations of Americans have formed a national cuisine with tastes from all over the world. Fried chicken was a distinctly southern dish—now it's the...

Whet Your Appetites for A Fascinating History of American Food"Terrific food journalism. Page uncovers the untold backstories of American food. A great read." —George Stephanopoulos, Good Morning America, This Week and ABC News’ Chief Anchor2021 International Book Awards finalist in History: United StatesLiving Now Book Award, Silver - Cookbooks, Ethnic Holiday#1 New Releas...

London in June is damp, and Edward Appleby's latest manuscript is thoroughly stuck. Desperate for inspiration, Edward announces—entirely without evidence—that he is feeling lucky. Along with his impeccably capable valet, Hedges, he departs for the sun-drenched, high-stakes Principality of Monaco.At the Casino de Monte-Carlo, Edward defies the laws of probability and wins a fortune, drawing the attention of the beautiful, enigmatic Sophia della Rovere. But as romance blossoms under ...

Edward Appleby is a gentleman of leisure with a talent for "extensively resting" and a dangerous new ambition: he wants to drive. When he purchases a 1922 Hispano-Suiza H6B from the cash-strapped Bimbo Farquhar, he believes he's acquiring a ticket to a faster, more sophisticated life. What he actually acquires is a mechanical nightmare with a "weeping" oil seal and a gearbox that only cooperates on alternate Thursdays.Fortunately, Edward has Hedges.Hedges is more than a val...

The Snuffbox AffairA Peregrine Appleby & Hedges MysteryPeregrine Appleby is a young man of mild surprise and permanent bewilderment, a freelance poet whose career has the unfortunate habit of driving literary journals into receivership. He lives a life of quiet comfort in Mayfair, largely because his valet, Hedges, possesses a "prospective competence" that borders on the supernatural. Hedges doesn't just pack trunks; he anticipates crises, manages aunts, and ensures Peregrin...

There exists, in a cardboard box in Michael's loft in Gateshead, a collection of artefacts that constitute the entire physical legacy of a band called Thunder Road.The box contains: fourteen set lists written on the backs of beer mats; a photograph of four young men standing in front of a Transit van that appears to be on fire (it was, though the circumstances remain disputed); a single released on a label called Mongoose Records that sold, by conservative estimates, between forty ...

This is a story about two young girls whose lives are as different as night and day. Debbie is from a loving, well-to-do family, whose parents dote on her, being she an only child. Lisa is the only girl out of five children. She has two older brothers, Duane and Jimmy; a twin brother, Adam; and a younger brother, Sammy. Her father owns a large farm and drives a truck to deliver farm equipment for the local tractor and supply company in town. Lisa's mother passed away when she was very youn...

Now Do You Believe in Magic? is a story about a couple of teenagers growing up in the late sixties to early seventies. Megan Miller is a sixteen-year-old girl who has a secret. She’s gay. Not only that, she has a bad reputation, the kind most girls would hate to have. She runs into a witch and finds out about a spell that will transfer her soul into another person’s body, but she only has a month to do it. She needs to finds a boy willing to do the spell with her. In her search, she finds ...

Comfortable, flattering pants can be challenging to make - but they're wonderful to wear. In this book, David Coffin provides his inventive, sure-fire methods for getting it right.With his characteristic precision and straight talk - and with the help of photographs, drawings, and exclusive access to a series of online video sequences - Coffin teaches the reader how to get great results, whether making a showcase garment or just whipping out an everyday pair.For more inform...

Do you long to get a perfect fit when sewing your own shirts and blouses? In Sewing Shirts with a Perfect Fit, author, teacher, and shirt-sewing expert David Page Coffin shows how you can easily transform the patterns included with the book into three different customized basic shirt silhouettes.Learn to work with any body shape for men or women to achieve unique, personalized, and well-fitted basic shirt patterns for yourself or anyone el...

In 2007, the local newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, ran a contest to select Community Columnists to write monthly opinion columns on regional issues of importance and concern to citizens in the Greater Knoxville area.At the urging of my wife, Lisa, I submitted an entry, and the editors of the Knoxville News Sentinel selected me as one of eight finalists from nearly 100 submissions.With a circulation of over 150,000 subscribers, I embraced both the excitement and nervousne...

Isolated in a New England hospital by the Blizzard of 1978, training surgeon Timothy Voight becomes solely responsible for two injured lovers. Danny Ferrone drives to Eastport north of Boston with his fiance, Ashley Laughton, to counsel his brother, Tony, a Vietnam Vet about Tony's dark war secret. His Porsche crashes. Danny is terribly burned. Ashley is comatose with a serious head-injured. The brother's father, Anthony Ferrone, the most powerful lawyer in Massachusetts, insists Danny be ...