Grub Americana

recipes

The Francesca Grilled Cheese

With fresh mozzarella, pepperroni and grilled shiitake mushrooms, this sandwich is like the Mona Lisa of grilled cheese.

Jim Beam Fruit Punch

This whiskey fruit punch has a bit of a sophisticated touch due to the usage of champagne as the sparkling ingredient.

Tennessee Whiskey Pork Chops

The sauce in this recipe, enlivened with cider vinegar, cayenne, brown sugar, and vanilla, adds a delicious smoky, yet mellow flavor to the chops.

Bourbon Pecan Pie

This recipe combines two of the South’s favorite ingredients– pecans and bourbon.

Bourbon Peach Cobbler

This Peach Cobbler has a bourbon spiked fresh peach filling topped with buttery and flaky dough.

Vieux Carré

An almost forgotten classic cocktail that was invented in 1938 by Walter Bergeron, the head bartender at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans.

Pawpaw Bread

This wonderful fruit bread is made from the largest edible fruit native to North America.

Pawpaw Pie

Pawpaw is indigenous to the U.S. with a taste is similar to banana and makes a wonderful pie.

Pawpaw Preserves

Pawpaw preserves are extremely versatile and makes an excellent topping for ice cream and yogurt.

Fannie Farmer’s Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese

This Macaroni & Cheese recipe appears in the 1946 edition of Fannie Farmer’s Boston Cooking School Cookbook, and is probably the best recipe ever written for this wondrful comfort food. Please Note: CHEAP CHEESE will give you BLAND, FLAVORLESS dish. Recipe Makes 4 Servings Whatcha Need: 1 package (8 ounce) macaroni 4 Tablespoons butter 4 […]

Classic Chicken Gumbo

An excellent option if you’re looking for authentic yet uncomplicated Louisiana-style soup.

Corn Puppies

This recipe is by Andria Scott Hurst from Southern Living (June 1997).

Corn Dogs

Try this hot dog on a stick. A great alternative to the dog in a bun, but just as delicious.

Browning Heights Burger

The secret to a juicy burger is using 75/25 ground beef. The additional fat in the Meat will result in a juicier, more tasteful burger.

Sonic No. 1 Burger

Try this clone recipe of the signature burger served at Sonic, America’s largest drive-in chain.

In-N-Out Double Double Burger

If you don’t happen to live near an In-N-Out burger restaurant, but would like to taste their famous burger, this recipe will come very close to giving you that experience.

Fritos Texas Loaf

This vintage recipe is for one the best meatloaves you’ll ever taste.

Fritos Fruit Cake

This recipe is said to have been the first official recipe developed by Mother Doolin and later refined and by Miss Morris in the Fritos consumer service department. This version is just as it was published on the back of a 29-cent bag of chips in 1932. Recipe Makes 2 Loafs Whatcha Need: 2 cups […]

Woolworth’s Frito Pie

This is the recipe said to be invented in the 1960s by Teresa Hernandez, who worked the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth’s in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Hawaiian Spam Musubi

The Spam musubi is eaten as a sandwich, and it is perhaps the Island’s favorite “to go” or snack food.

Spamkins Breakfast Muffins

Instead of setting your alarm clock, set your mind to make breakfast muffins sprinkled with cinnamon and Spam With Bacon. If that doesn’t wake you up, nothing will.

Spam Benedict

This surprisingly delicious twist on the old breakfast classic, Eggs Benedict, is sure to wake-up your morning taste-buds.

White Cream Gravy

There are few foods that speak of Southern America more than cream (actually whole milk) gravy.

Chicken Fried Steak

Try it and you’ll understand why chicken fried steak reigns supreme with any Texan, both native or adopted, throughout the country.

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies with cream cheese frosting are reminiscent of a Southern favorite and perfect for Valentines day.

Banana Cream Whoopie Pies

These golden-edged banana cookies stuffed with banana flavored cream cheese frosting unite two favorites — whoopie pie and moist banana cake — in an immensely satisfying revival.

Classic Chocolate Whoopie Pies

These outrageous Whoopie Pies feature fluffy, moist chocolate cakes sandwiched together with a creamy marshmallow fluff filling.

Sour Cream Apple Pie

This recipe compliments of a reader who writes, “I found this recipe in my files. I don’t remember where I got it, but it’s good. I love the simplicity of the recipe.”

Classic Apple Pie

This Classic Apple Pie is absolutely heavenly. One of the best pies I’ve ever put in my mouth.

Maple Pumpkin Bread

Adapted from a recipe by Karen Fortin at Carman Brook Maple and Dairy farm, Swanton, VT.