Strange. I, too, enjoy Japanese and Italian cooking. My favorites. But I'm coming around full circle and I SO enjoy good old american cooking. I have a great cook book called "America the Beautiful Cookbook" - with photographs to die for. Mississippi Mud Cake, Cole Slaw, Shrimp Creole, Crabcakes, Potato Salad, and, yes, even Tuna fish and noodle casserole...