American Cooking in England

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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)?

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 fluid pint = 16 ounces, and a quart = 32 ounces;
in the UK, a pint* = 20 ounces and a quart** = 40 ounces

* The British fluid pint and dry pint are equal; the American fluid and
     dry pints are not equal (the American dry pint is closer in volume to
     the British pint).
** Nowadays, quarts are not a commonly-used unit in the UK, so if a
     contemporary 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.

Delora is also working on another book, 'Measurements for Cooking', due out in mid-to-late 2010.

To find out about
'American Cooking
in England',
click here.

To find out about
'The Pocketbook Guide to
American Cooking
in England',
click here.

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Glencoe House Publications
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Telephone: 01283-533106
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(this is to defeat the 'spiders' that gather email addresses from
the Internet and then bombard them with spam).
The first part: delorajones
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