By the time Larry Forgione left the River Caf‚ to open the first, small An American Place on upper Lexington in 1983, cooking American had become a source of national pride. This culinary visionary was largely responsible for the rebirth of farmers' markets across America and the availability of such quality ingredients as free-range chicken and the field green salad. Although An American Place lives on in new incarnations, the nearly three hundred mouthwatering recipes in this master cookbook are a tribute to the original.