The United Ingredients of America

Anna Engelke has been living there for five years, and Jörg Thadeusz would love to move there tomorrow: to the United States. That's not so much because of the much-vaunted vastness of the country or the dream of many men to heave their middle-aged bodies onto a Harley-Davidson and ride Route 66. Instead, Anna Engelke and Jörg Thadeusz focus on "the American," who of course doesn't exist any more than "the German. 313 million people live in the USA. Some have just arrived, others have lived there so long that they can explain exactly why a Southern flag on their car makes them angry. Sixteen affectionate and highly amusing portraits show how much space the great country between two oceans leaves for people. Political, personal and culinary.A book for everyone who loves America.