"America's Heartland, a vast and majestic plain, sweeps from Canada to Oklahoma, from the mighty Mississippi to the towering Rockies. This is a bountiful land, blessed with nutritious grains, delicious fresh vegetables, exciting herbs, succulent fruits, and rich dairy products. Its streams and woods abound with fish and game. The most fertile farmland in America, the Midwestern Heartland is truly the cradle of homestyle cooking. Generations of Heartland farm wives have created a legacy of hearty, soul-satisfying food confected from the goodness of the land and enhanced by a blend of diverse ethnic influences. In Casseroles Frances Towner Giedt, a Kansas native and the winner of a James Beard Award and two Julia Child Awards, celebrates the joys of Midwestern homestyle cooking. Here, in the fourth volume of the Heartland Cooking series, Ms. Giedt offers recipes so typical of Heartland cooking. These casseroles are valuable as staple dishes, prized because they can be economical as well as tasty. And they give full rein to the cook's imagination and creativity. Casseroles treats you to more than 80 recipes - from one-dish meals to side-dish favorites to potluck crowd-pleasers. Most of them can be prepared ahead of time; all of them will inject excitement into meals for family and friends." --provided by Goodreads.