American

A. country where the pie crust is a grandmother’s argument, the buttermilk biscuit comes out of cast iron, and the sheet cake is half-gone by six. We pulled together every loaf, layer, and lattice worth knowing — eight rooms deep — from the bakers who guard the technique and the regions that keep arguing about it: New England, the South, the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, Texas, California.

American sits under Bake in the HowTo Food menu. It has 7 sections: Bread, Pastry, Cake, Cookies, Dessert Bakes, Quick Breads and Breakfast.