"Celebrate America's Great Flavours"

"When Bobby Flay looks at a map of the United States, he doesn t see states he sees ingredients- wild Alaskan king salmon, tiny Maine blueberries, fiery southwestern chiles. The Food Network celebrity and renowned chef-restaurateur created his Bar Americain restaurants as our country s answer to French bistros to celebrate America s regional flavors and dishes, interpreted as only Bobby Flay can. Now you can rediscover American cuisine at home with the recipes in Bobby Flay s Bar Americain Cookbook. Start with a Kentucky 95 a riff on a classic French cocktail but made with bourbon and Barbecued Oysters with Black Pepper Tarragon Butter. Choose from sumptuous soups and salads, including a creamy clam chowder built on a sweet potato base, and Kentucky ham and ripe figs over a bed of arugula dressed with molasses-mustard dressing. Entrees will fill your family family-style, from red snapper with a crisp skin of plantains accompanied by avocado, mango, and black beans to a host of beef steaks, spice-rubbed and accompanied by side dishes such as Brooklyn hash browns and cauliflower and goat cheese gratin. Bar Americain s famed brunch dishes and irresistible desserts round out t