Amazon Book List Reveals What's Hot In American Regional Cuisine

Amazon Book List Reveals What's Hot In American Regional Cuisine Enlarge this image toggle caption iStockphoto iStockphoto From upstate New York's heirloom veggie craze to the Pacific Northwest's baking boom, regional fare is taking off. Sponsor Message "There's lots of charcuterie coming out of California," Malcolm says, like In the Charcuterie: The Fatted Calf's Guide to Making Sausage, Salumi, Pates, Roasts, Confits, and Other Meaty Goods and the new Charcutería: The Soul of Spain, and Sausage Making: The Definitive Guide With Recipes, which is due out May 13. It's followed closely by the Mid-Atlantic, which boasts 105 of the 500 cookbooks on the list, including the coffee-table-worthy Beekman Boys' latest, The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook, and new contributions from celebs Ina Garten, Mark Bittman and Lidia Bastianich. To develop the map, Malcolm started with books she personally liked, then James Beard and International Association of Culinary Professionals award winners, then historically significant ones like Fannie Farmer and the quintessential African-American contribution from the 19th century: What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, Soups, Pickles, Preserves, Etc.