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Buffalo Wings
Born in Buffalo, NY in 1964 — crispy, spicy and buttery, from A Guide to American Gastronomy.
50 min 4 servingsFrom A Guide to American Gastronomy
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The Classic Cheeseburger
Smash-seared for maximum crust, American cheese for maximum melt — from A Guide to American Gastronomy.
20 min 4 burgersFrom A Guide to American Gastronomy
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Lobster Roll
Two legendary styles — chilled Maine mayo and warm Connecticut butter — from A Guide to American Gastronomy.
35 min 4 rollsFrom A Guide to American Gastronomy
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A Guide to American Gastronomy
The Story of a Nation's Table
American food is a record of who arrived, what grew and what got improvised. This guide follows that record region by region — New England, the South, the Midwest, the Southwest, the Pacific Coast — and cooks the dishes that define each one.
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Cyman Huang
Cookbook author, recipe developer and food photographer. Born in Grants Pass, Oregon, with family roots in Taishan, Guangdong, he writes technique-first recipes for everyday kitchens — five cookbooks so far, every dish cooked, styled and shot in his own kitchen.
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Five cookbooks
A Guide to American Gastronomy
July 15, 2026
How immigration, agriculture and regional geography built the American plate — told through the dishes that stuck.
5-Ingredient Instant Pot Recipes
May 18, 2025
Pressure-cooker dinners built from five ingredients or fewer, with timing charts that actually work.
3-Ingredient AirFryer Recipes
April 19, 2025
Three ingredients, one basket, dinner in under thirty minutes.
Savor the Holidays
February 9, 2024
A full year of holiday cooking — 150 recipes for the tables that matter most.
A Guide to Chinese Gastronomy
December 18, 2023
A region-by-region tour of Chinese cooking — the techniques, pantry and iconic dishes behind each provincial table.
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Local Roots, Global Table
Why a kid from Grants Pass, Oregon spent a decade writing down recipes from Taishan, Guangdong.
August 20, 2026 · 8 min read
Technique
Eight Cuisines, One Wok
What changes between Cantonese and Sichuan cooking is not the pan — it's the order of operations.
July 28, 2026 · 7 min read
Kitchen Notes
Cooking the Holidays for a Two-Cuisine Family
Notes from the year the turkey and the steamed fish shared a table, and both were better for it.
June 24, 2026 · 6 min read