Wedding season is gearing up, and last weekend I traveled to upstate New York to attend not one, but two bridal showers! As an added bonus, my parents gave me free rein in their kitchen on Sunday night (and even did the dishes – best parents ever). I wanted to try a recipe that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to do justice at home in my tiny Brooklyn kitchen, and Martha Stewart’s Tequila Grilled Shrimp, from the Southwest section of her new book, Martha’s American Food (Clarkson Potter, April 2012) seemed like a perfect choice.

In her newest cookbook, Martha’s American Food (Clarkson Potter, April 2012), Martha Stewart celebrates America and its diversity of food with 200 recipes that represent the very best of the country’s flavors. Today, we bring you her recipe for Skillet Cornbread from the Southwest.