(for our contact details and further drill-downs, scroll towards the bottom of this page)

Sorry,
American Cooking in England
is now out of print. 

The Pocketbook Guide is, however, still available.

Are you a British cook  
who'd like to understand cookery books written for the American market?

Or, are you an American or Canadian living in the UK  
who wants to know:  What's double cream?  Where's the canned chicken broth?  What's shortening called here (and where the hell is it)?  

If so, then this site is for you.

Common American ingredients, such as graham cracker crusts, Crisco, and corn syrup, are not normally sold in British supermarkets, and the differences between American and British food names and cooking terms have long caused confusion. 

Also, many cookery books do not specify which pint or quart they mean and yet the differences between these measurements in the US & UK are significant:

in the US, a pint = 16 ounces, and a quart = 32 ounces;
in the UK, a pint = 20 ounces and a quart* = 40 ounces
  * However, quarts are not a commonly-used unit in the UK, so if a book
     refers to quarts, it's probably American.            

In 1991, when Delora Jones (an American) moved to England, she faced this confusion.  Two years later she started researching the subject and translating American cooking ingredients, measurements and recipes to British English.  In November 1998, her books 'American Cooking in England' and 'The Pocketbook Guide to American Cooking in England' were published.  She now works 'Americanizing' books for the US market, which were originally written for the British market.

For details about the author and her availability, click here.

------------------------------------- CONTACT DETAILS -------------------------------------
Glencoe House Publications
189 Anglesey Road, Burton upon Trent, Staffs. DE14 3NS
Telephone: 01283-533106
E-mail: I'll give it in two parts which you can piece together 
(this is to defeat the 'spiders' that gather email addresses from 
the Internet and then bombard them with spam).  
The first part:  delorajones
The second part:  @glencoehouse98.freeserve.co.uk

Click here for details on ordering directly from Glencoe House Publications
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Further drill-downs:

To see a list of UK suppliers of American foods & ingredients, click here.

Click the Updated Entries button to view errata or to view entries which were either not included in the first edition of American Cooking in England or, if they were included, were not covered in as much detail.

  Web last updated:  3 June 2009