Chocolate is America's national indulgence, our favorite way of saying Welcome Home, Happy Birthday, and, of course, I Love You. Chocolate American Style brings out the gusto, down-home practicality, and uninhibited creativity that make the American way with chocolate refreshingly different from the fussy, overly complicated approach of continental chefs.

With her distinctive and charismatic voice, Brody sets out an enticing array of beloved classics such as Devil's Food Cake with White Chocolate Icing, Toll House Cookies, Chocolate Bread Pudding, and Brownies (eight different kinds!), then adds to the mouthwatering buffet recipes for new confections gathered from home cooks and restaurants across the country, and even divulges the secret of making that irresistible, I-want-to-be-a-kid-again treat, the Whoopie Pie. Organized by occasion, these no-fail recipes will keep chocoholics satisfied from morning to night, and give once-in-a-while indulgers a greatest-hits selection of simple-to-make and spectacular-tasting chocolate treasures.