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High Praise!
A truly wonderful read and a pleasure to cook from.Excellent writing, well-researched information and rewarding recipes.Delicious for mind and body.Heartily recommended.

Good cookbook for my kitchen collection
Regardless of your diet, this is a good book to have in your collection.The recipes are not only healthy, but they are flavorful and colorful and spicy.

Mediterranean Diet Cookbook - A Delicious Alternative For Life Long Health
I love this book. The recipes are simple and easy to prepare. The author explains the thinking behind everything and also tells you how recipes can be easily adapted. The produce and ingredients are for the most part readily available and it is so comprehensive. I have looked through many other recipe books covering this way of eating and found this was by far the best. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery For Medical Conditions    2. Cookery, Mediterranean    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Diet    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Low-fat diet    8. Mediterranean Region    9. Nutrition    10. Recipes    11. Regional & Ethnic - European    12. Regional & Ethnic - Mediterranean    13. Cooking / Health    14. Health & wholefood cookery    15. Mediterranean Sea    16. National & regional cuisine   

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authentic and great recipes!
My husband is a Moroccan and I am a Taiwanese. I love Moroccan food and always want to learn how to make those delicious dishes my mother-in-law made. When I bought this book, my husband and his brother thought the recipes must be westernized. After they tasted my Briouats(shrimp and ground beef) and B'stilla (seafood and chicken), they changed their minds. Most recipes are authentic and easy to follow. It's a great book. I love it!

Rockin' the Kasbah
Cooking at the Kasbah by Kitty Morse is one of my favorite Morroccan/North African cook books.This book has deliciously wonderful recipes such as K'seksoo Be�daoui (Couscous Casablanca style) and Briouats, not to mention several tangine recipes.The photography in this book is excellent and Morse gives good information about the cuisine and to some extent culture of Morocco.I loved the section on the Moroccan Kitchen which details a list of certain ingredients that make the cuisine so unique. excellent cookbook for an advanced cook
For cooks who really know their stuff, and love making spectacular and complex meals, this is a great resource. This book enables me to lay out a phenomenal spread that amazes and delights my friends. There are a few very simple recipes as well, which make creating a full meal quite feasible in a normal kitchen. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Moroccan    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Eating customs    5. Food habits    6. Moroccan cooking    7. Morocco    8. Regional & Ethnic - African    9. Regional & Ethnic - Mediterranean    10. Cooking / Mediterranean    11. General cookery    12. National & regional cuisine   

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bada doodoo
Although this is filled with show story lines, it is one of the worst Italian cookbooks I own.These people can't really be Italian!

Not pleased.
I was not pleased with this cook book. Despite all the positive reviews I was disappionted. When I first saw the recipe using a can of soup I knew it wasn't for me. I do love the Sopranos but as far as cooking goes I will look elsewhere for my Italian recipes.

The Best Basic Italian Cookbook Ever!
The Sopranos Family Cookbook is authentic!Having grown up in an Italian family I know first hand that these are the dishes that are served as basic fare and Artie Bucco's approach is as authentic as it gets. Every recipe is made exactly the way my grandmothers made them and taste exactly like theirs, too.
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Subjects:  1. Cookery, Italian    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Italian cooking    5. Regional & Ethnic - Italian    6. Sopranos (Television program)    7. Television - General    8. Cooking / Italian    9. General cookery    10. Italy    11. Television   

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Delicious and easy
Almost every recipe I have made out of this book has tasted fantastic and has been relatively straightforward to prepare (which is really saying something coming from a domestically inept college student who can burn water!). McDermott includes a wide variety of recipes, from the banquet-worthy to tasty noodle dishes that can be thrown together in 15 minutes, and uses authentic ingredients although substitutions are suggested for those without the good-fortune of having a local Asian supermarket. Unusually, many of the recipes turn out just as good if you halve the quantities (with the exception of the coconut cream in the curries) - a plus for those cooking for one or two, and often still work with a few more or less ingredients depending on what's in the pantry. While the large number of ingredients that need to be chopped and pounded for the green curry paste make it somewhat time-consuming to make from scratch, it is absolutely worth the effort - the green chicken curry is the best I've ever had, both in Thailand and at home.

Fantastic Cookbook - been using over 8 years!
We've been using this book as our Thai cooking bible now for eight years, from LA to Baltimore.We became so addicted we even bought a kaiffer lime tree (sadly, had to leave in LA.)We love the tome kai gia, the clay pot shrimp with bean thread noodles, crab fried rice and use the dipping sauce for beef to marinate pork ribs.Once you master the flavors, the recipes are easy to adapt to your taste.We add ginger to the dipping sauce, and cut down on the coconut milk in the tome kai gai.However you do it, it's an amazing cook book.You will need to find a Thai grocery store in your area, though.

Fantastic
This book is excellent for those interested in Asian meals but do not have a lot of understanding of the grocery list that goes along with it.Meals are simple, delicious and easy to put together. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Thai    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Regional & Ethnic - Thai    5. Social life and customs    6. Thailand    7. Cooking / Thai    8. National & regional cuisine   

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The perfect introduction to Persian Cuisine...
As a Persian who's trying to learn to cook persian food, this is the best Persian cookbook I have. It lists the most popular foods, the receipes are easy to follow and turn out great! Almost as good as my own mom cooks them... I would definitley recommend this book!

Love it, gifted it, traveled with it!
I have used many of the recipes, modified them, cooked them with friends and family. I have given my first copy away to my mom and then had to search bookstores to replace it.I even took it on the plane when I visited my family to make a special dinner for my dad's birthday with the whole family there.Grandma even loved it!I especially like to make the crusted saffron, yogurt rice for others.The presentation is great, but best made with a friend to share in the prep.As the author says, nushjan!

best cooking book
she summorize the persian dishes in the best possible recepies. simple and testy. the photoes are excellent. thank you Mrs najmieh . ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Iranian    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Regional & Ethnic - Asian    5. Regional & Ethnic - General    6. Iran    7. National & regional cuisine   

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Buy this book!
I'm Jamaican but I love Puerto Rican food, I guess it's because Jamaican and Puerto Rican cooking is pretty similar I guess.There are so many recipes in this book and it's very easy to follow.I first saw this book at my Aunt-in-law's home (She's from P.R) and TiTi Julie told me if I want to learn how to make Arroz con Gandules that I should buy this book and I did.Buy this book, you won'tbe sorry!

Puerto Rican Cookery
I have that book in spanish, because I am from Puerto Rico and my daughter just got married and she wanted the book but she likes it better in English and believe it or not the price was cheaper thru Amazon than in Puerto Rico.
PR Cookery....a case of health.
Deep fried?...lol...the person complaining about this as a health issue obviously doesn't know what Puerto Rican cooking is then.Ive been eating my mom's cooking recipes from this book for years, and no one in my immediate family is overweight or obese or unhealthy.Sure things are fried but they are fried at very high heat which keeps the oil from setting in.Plus, Puerto Ricans don't die from fried foods like typical Americans because its different.They actually perform physical labor which uses up those calories, use olive and canola oil instead of your regular vegetable oil, and eat a balanced diet full of locally grown vegetables, fruits, and raised meat. If this person is judging this book becuase of their personal health concerns, then they probably need to judge your typical American cook books and see how unhealthy they are. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Puerto Rican    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Methods - Cookery for One    5. Regional & Ethnic - Caribbean & West Indian    6. National & regional cuisine    7. Puerto Rico   

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Delicious
This remarkably entertaining account of history of Indian cuisine surprised me....having grown up in India and essentially having 'Indian' food every meal, this book was sort of an eye-opener.Most readers familiar with India probably knew about its rich cultural, religious, and lingual diversity. The extent of how well different ethnic groups have amalgamated in India over time is perhaps best illustrated in the evolution of her cuisine. To that extent, the book is more of a historical account of India, narrated from the point of view of food. May be all historians should try this approach!
Mouth-watering History
Eating Indian food may be one of the most intense culinary experiences in the world.This book delves into the history of what we consider to be Indian food.Surprise!What we eat in the west may be unrecognizable by Indians as Indian food.Needless to say, the restaurants in the west have adjusted Indian dishes to make them a little easier to eat for western palates unused to more authentic dishes.
Nice curry of the histories of curries - Curry : A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
I grew up believing that "curry" was this yellowish spice in an old faded jar that my mother in her more adventurous culinary fits would sprinkle over whatever dish she had constructed from her Betty Crockerish cookbook. Although I have later in life come to realize and appreciate through my eating experiences at home and abroad that there is vastly more to Indian cuisine than that stale old meaningless powder, Lizzie Collingham pushes my understanding of how non-Indian western "Indian" cooking is one notch further.
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Subjects:  1. Asia - India & South Asia    2. Civilization    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Food habits    5. History    6. History: World    7. India    8. India - History    9. Indian Cookery    10. Regional & Ethnic - Indic    11. Anthropology    12. History / India   

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Different, Easy, Elegant, Beautiful
I also own a lot of cookbooks. I love to read them. I checked this book out from the library, and it is the only one I have ever checked out for free that I wanted to pay for, not matter how much it cost. Wonderful tips on products, unpretentious - almost apologetic in tone because she didn't graduate from culinary school (neither did I! Perfect!), beautiful photography, many, many recipes I want to try. Sandwiches fillings that become dips that become sauces, terrific adaptation and suggestions. I am so glad to have this cookbook/story. It is an irresistable love story of food and hospitality. Makes me want to go to their restaurant in Anguilla - wherever that is..... At least I can eat and serve the food! Try it at your library and see. Delightful.

Excellent
This is one of the best cookbooks we own (and we own a lot).Everything we have tried has turned out great and taste wonderful. Well worth owning

Best cookbook I own
We have dined at Blanchards in Anguilla several times and it is by far our favorite restaurant in the Caribbean. How thrilling to find out we could re-create our favorite dishes at home with this wonderful cookbook. It is by far my favorite!
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Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Regional & Ethnic - American - New England    5. Regional & Ethnic - Caribbean & West Indian    6. Cooking / American / General    7. General cookery   

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I'm the dummy for using this book!
I was so totally disappointed with the recipes included in the book. I have to admit that I tried only 3 but each did not go over with me or the rest of my family. I decided to quit while I was ahead. Other information included in the book is excellent but do not get this book for the recipes alone!

good info
the information in this book is nice to have in plain talk for those of us who did not grow up with a pressure cooker in the house

Pressure Cooker For Dummies
I received a pressure cooker for Christmas and had no idea of what to do with it, Iactually had a fear of using it, but with the detailed information that Cooking for dummies gave put all my fears to rest. I would highly recommend it to anyone, not just to overcome their fear but there are good tips and excellent recipes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Methods - Special Appliances    5. Pressure cookery    6. Regional & Ethnic - American - General    7. Cooking / General    8. Gadget cookery    9. USA   

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Lobel's Guide to Meat
This is a goldmine for explaining the intricacies of meat Such a unique grilling book
The Lobels' have introduced a very nice and unique cookbook with the release of this one.I own several other grilling cookbooks, and there are many good ones out there.This one is my absolute favorite because therecipes are a little more than your basic grilled steak or hamburger. Trythe grilled filet mignon with gorgonzola-scallion compound butter and thesirloin steak with rosemary brushed potatoes and red peppers.Don't forgetto try the barbeque sauce.It's fantastic.The book's contents includetips on grilling, burgers, beef and veal, lamb and pork, poultry, game andgame birds, and sauces, salsas, maranades, rubs and other condiments. There are no fish recipes so if you are looking for that specifically, findanother cookbook.If everything else sounds good to you, you will enjoythis inovative book by the Lobels'.

This book is the best source for grilling meat.
Finally!A book that really tells us everything we need and want to know about grilling meat. As author of 3 cookbooks on grilling, including "Marinades, the Secret of Great Grilling", I can tell you that Iam buying this book for everyone I know who grills meat - and that is justabout everyone I know. It's so well organized that I can find informationat a glance.The recipes are readable, do-able, and taste terrific. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Barbecue cookery    2. Barbecue cooking    3. Cookery (Meat)    4. Cooking    5. Cooking / Wine    6. Meat    7. Methods - Barbecue & Grilling    8. Methods - Outdoor    9. Cooking / General    10. Gadget cookery   

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Hard to understand ...
I have owned this cookbook for many years.I love Ethiopian food and eat it whenever I can afford to eat out at my local Ethiopian restaurant.
re: rue
While looking for an Ethiopian cookbook, I came across the discussion about "rue" and felt I had to point out that "rue" is indeed an herb, while the flour-and-fat thickening mixture used in cooking is actually spelt "roux".

Re: Rue
I haven't read the cookbook, although I've been contemplating purchasing it at my local Ethiopian grocery for weeks now.I just wanted to set the record straight on rue-- it is both a mildly poisonous herb, and a base used for thickening mixtures, usually made of fat and flour.No idea which the book is referring to, but it would be good to get it straight, both for the sake of your recipe and for that of any pregnant women you might invite to dinner! ... Read more

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Yummy!
This cookbook has the most wonderful soup recipes in it - thick and hearty with deep, rich flavor - I learned so many new tricks for making a good soup taste GREAT! And even better, the soups freeze well so you can make a different recipe each night and freeze the leftovers for another time.
Yuummmy.
Reading this book just makes my mouth water and it has some history of Italy, with references to just about every spice and tasty combinations. Wow, I ran out and bought a soup pot! One downside, making broth, Uh! Although I will say the book offers substituted canned broth I just don't want to throw these wonderful ingredients into anything less! This is a great book for readers too, I loved hearing about the Famularo family!

Tasty and Sensible
Not only are the soups tasty and inventive; but they are sensible and nutritious. They require little time and ingredients that are neither exotic, nor hard to find. Most recipe books are loaded with expensive ingredients that necessitate driving 20 miles from your home, and that you use only for one particular recipe. I want recipes that use inexpensive stuff I have on hand, or will have no trouble finding. This book meets those requirements. I read cookbooks like other people read novels, and this is the best cookbook I've ever had. Now that he's conquered the soup pot, Joeneeds to move on to pastas and more. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Italian    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Courses & Dishes - Soups & Stews    5. Italian cooking    6. Regional & Ethnic - Italian    7. Soups    8. Italy    9. National & regional cuisine    10. Soups & starters   

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Let's face it. Finding the best of the fabled cuisine in Paris can be difficult for us Americans. We're thrown off by the language, the numerous terms for eateries, and the French themselves, who love to pretend they don't speak English.Read more

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Not just a restaurant guide
Yes, some of the restaurant reviews are out of date, but this is so much more than just a restaurant guide.It also gives details about markets, boulangeries, pattiseries and other treats and traiteurs.Gold dust.
A Truly Marvelous Guide
Just came back from 8 days in Paris and I had studied and marked on a map Wells' recommended cafes, boulangeries, patisseries, fromageries and specialty food stores. Note that I wasn't so much interested in restaurants but I've NEVER known Patricia Wells to be wrong so I can't imagine her recomendations wouldn't be excellent. Although it would be great if her book were updated again since it hasn't been in 5 years I found most of the places still there and loaded with thoroughly delicious treats. Her website patriciawells.com has updates for restaurants for those interested. The French really do food right and the baguettes, cheese, wine and pastries were exquisite. Each place has certain items that are especially delightful. Gosselin really does have a superb baguette, Calixte has croissants and pain au chocolat that are really magnificent, Malineau has fruit tarts which are exquiisite, Martin has wonderful baguette sandwiches to take with you and munch on and Kayser has many wonderful delights. Go to Paris and you will come to know what Bon Appetit can really mean.

Desperately needs an update
I brought this book to Paris on a recent week-long trip, and had very mixed feelings about the reviews.About half of the recommended establishments were closed, moved, or under new names/management.If you use this book, calling ahead to verify that the restaurant exists is a must!The copyright date on this book is 1999, and many of the reviews must have been written or checked earlier than that.The reviews quote all prices in francs, which constantly reminds you of the age of the reviews, and the age of the quoted prices.
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Subjects:  1. Cookery, French    2. Cooking    3. Europe - France    4. France    5. Grocery trade    6. Guidebooks    7. Paris    8. Regional & Ethnic - French    9. Restaurants    10. Travel - Foreign    11. Restaurant & pub guides    12. Travel / Restaurants    13. Cooking, Food & Wine   

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Great Cookbook!
This is an excellent cookbook.Meals are healthy versions of homecooked food from the main regions of the U.S.I have already cooked several recipes and my family has loved them all.I have served dinner guests with "untested in my kitchen" recipes.The meal was great!Tonight I am using a fish recipe.Can't wait to taste.With cooking like this, dieting and eating healthy is quick and easy.

A little disappointing
I have recently bought eight (!) Weight Watchers cookbooks from Amazon, and this is the first one I have been disappointed with. I have found it easy to buy or substitute ingredients called for in the other books, but less so with this one (elk steaks, anyone?) OK, it is an "All-American" cookbook, so perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised. But this is a word of warning for would-be purchasers living outside the States. And it's puzzling that a few of the recipes call for vegetable shortening (copha). The last time I checked, this was a very unhealthy saturated fat, and definitely not recommend for anyone who is weight - or health - conscious. But my biggest gripe is that the few recipes I have tried so far have been bland or pretty ordinary - which has cetainly not been the case for the other Weight Watchers cookbooks. All up, not really recommended.

Best Southern Foods Section
I can't speak for all the regions, but the section on southern food is amazing. Having grown up in the South where comfort food is often deep fried, I have really struggled to find authentic lowfat recipes.I can honestly say that the foods in this section were staples growing up (rather than what non-southern people think is southern food).All the recipes I have tried this far have been delicious! Read more

Subjects:  1. American cooking    2. Cookery, American    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Health & Healing - Weight Control    6. Recipes    7. Reducing diets    8. Regional & Ethnic - American - General    9. Weight loss    10. Cooking / Dietary    11. Food & Drink / Cookery   

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An encyclopedia of delicious dishes
I've been on an Indian cooking kick lately; which, incidentally, has me feeling pretty darn good.
great book
great book if you are vegetarian, who loves indian cooking. good explanations and very tasty recipies. plus -this big book that makes you hungry for more and more experiments in the kitchen.

Mother of All Indian Vegetarian Cooking
This is truly the sourcebook of Indian Vegetarian cooking. Author must have spent enormous amount of time perfecting the recipes. We have tried many and found them to be very easy to follow and results to be very sunptuous. It is not easy for me to be pleased by ordinary recipes as I was born in Bombay and lived there for first 25 years of my life. In Bombay, one is exposed to all regional Indian cooking and recipes, both at various homes and many, many restaurants in the city. This book has that authentic aroma and ring of Indian kitchens and Indian pots and pans. Author is smart enough to guide foreigners through complicated Indian cooking procedures and make them easy to follow. Her mastery and extent of recipes is extraordinary. Highly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Indic    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Regional & Ethnic - Indic    5. Vegetarian - General    6. Vegetarian cookery    7. Buddhism    8. Fiction / Science Fiction / General    9. India    10. National & regional cuisine   

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He's outdone himself this time
Paul has outdone himself this time.This is the best BBQ "how to" in print.

Great book for those who like BBQ.
I love to cook, especially out in my backyard with the smoker.If this is you, then you will want this book. It has a plethora of recipes that will make you the envy of your neighborhood.It also explains the differences in slow smoking and grilling. You cannot go wrong in buying this book!!!

Great Barbecue Education
I bought this book under unusual circumstances.The day before I bought it, I complained to my sister I have way more recipes from cook books and newspaper clippings that I could ever possibly make.And I'm trying to eliminate more meat from my diet.So with a glut of recipes and a desire to eat less meat, it would only make sense for me to buy a book with 575 recipies devoted to grilling and slow smoking of dead animals.But I'm really glad I did!
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Subjects:  1. Barbecue cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Methods - Barbecue & Grilling    5. Methods - Outdoor    6. Cooking / General    7. Gadget cookery   

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Can You Fall In Love With A Cookbook?
I saw Sandra Pinckney's review of the Sante Fe restaurant recently on her FOOD FINDS program.The restaurant was so adorable that I immediately went online to amazon.com to see if they had a cookbook. They did.I ordered it.When it arrived at my office I started reading it and couldn't put it down.From the front cover to the last page, the artwork is exceptional.Hand-tinted photographs along with photos and murals really make this a cookbook to keep and cherish and pass down to family. I can't wait to visit Cafe Pasqual in person and hopefully get the book autographed by Ms Kagel and Ms Simpson who was the photographer. The receipes are lovely, but the book is exquisite.

Great place, exuberant cookbook
Pasqual's is kitty-corner across Water Street from the St. Francis Hotel in Santa Fe; we time our trips to get into town late at night, but before the St. Francis' bar closes, so we can check in, grab a quick drink, and then roll out of bed the next morning and hit Pasqual's for breakfast.Tamal dolce, big mug of coffee, newspaper, see if the rocking horse is still in the second floor window of the store across the street (hasn't moved in four years, so far, and counting.) We love Pasqual's, its food, its Ann-Arbor-in-the-Southwest feeling ... and the cookbook is a nice souvenir thereof.The recipes? Well, plan on mail-ordering a lot of different kinds of chile powder unless you live in New Mexico.Great stuff, though, if you have the ingredients and the patience.

Yum
I make a point of visiting Cafe Pasqual's each time I am come to Santa Fe. This cookbook is excellent . The recipes are concise and delicious and the artwork in the book is beautiful. I only wish they had a second cookbook focusing strictly on the killer breakfast menu at the Cafe. Hmm... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cafe Pasqual    2. Cafe Pasqual's (Santa Fe, N.M    3. Cookery, American    4. Cookery, Mexican    5. Cooking    6. Cooking / Wine    7. Reference    8. Regional & Ethnic - American - Southwestern States    9. Southwestern style    10. Cooking / American / Southwestern States    11. General cookery    12. Reference works   

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Rick Bayless is Mexican cooking's great American voice. An award-winning chef and author of bestselling Mexican cookbooks like Read more

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Excellent
I was surprised at some of the reviews. This is not a quick fix cook book. Rick's aim was to deliver the food, culture, and history of Mexico and he did it in excellent form.
Excellent book !!!
I am of Mexican descent and I don't even know most of the recipes, I don't even cook this good with delicious being extra.Rick is so knowledgeable, you would think he was mexican.I have tried so many of his recipes, and they are all mouth watering.Mexico should get real and give him citizenship because he truly represents the best of mexican cooking.
Dancing With Tortilla Soup
We've had some great meals since we bought this book. Bayless writes about Mexican food the way John Muir writes about nature, and I am happy to report the meals my wife has made have lived up to the description. We've lived and traveled extensively in Mexico and can report that this is authentic stuff, and quite a bit better than what you'll find in an American Mexican restaraunt. We went to one such restaraunt near Plaistow, New Hampshire where they charged extra for a side of salsa. That was bleak. We needed a book like this. Most of these meals do take time to make. He doesn't do things the easy way. While in Mexico we rent a cheap apartment without an oven, most of the local people we know don't have ovens so it is surprising many of these recipes are for the oven. But that's been our only problem with the book. He has strong opinions and we may not always agree but thats OK. Even has a page in the back listing websites to get hard to find Mexican ingredients. We've been having great meals. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Mexican    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Mexican cooking    5. Regional & Ethnic - Mexican    6. Cooking / Mexican    7. General cookery    8. Mexico    9. National & regional cuisine   

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Sad Disappointment
I am a serious cook with a large cookbook library. I am a Southerner who made my first biscuits and gravy at age 5. This book is a not-so-well done re-hash of other Foxfires and sorely disappointing. It is difficult to use as a cookbook-more poignant than useful. Also a tad light on recipes. A much better book from North Georgia (Southern Appalachia, like the Foxfire series) is Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking. I use this one a lot, enjoy reading the stories, and frequently give it as gift to visiting Yankees. Plus it has the wit, charm, and authenticity so sadly missing from the Foxfire Cookbook.

A book I use a lot
Got this as a gift and what a treat it is proving to be.It is a book that is really helping me broaden my homesteading skills and I adore the running dialogue and photographs that show the how to's and bring back wonderful memories of growing up. History and Cooking:My Two Favorites Together!
I have bought many, many cookbooks not for cooking, but for reading.My favorite format in cookbooks are those where text is woven with recipes; it 'fleshes out' the recipes. Read more

Subjects:  1. Appalachian Region, Southern    2. Cookery    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Regional & Ethnic - American - General    6. Regional & Ethnic - American - Southern States    7. Social life and customs    8. Cooking / American / General    9. Sale Books   

Editorial Review

"The closer your cooking stays to the seasons, the simpler--and better--your cooking will be." Michael Chiarello's mom told him that as he stood beside her at the stove, learning what a real Italian tomato sauce looks, smells, and sounds like as it cooks. Those lessons led him into the chef's life and his own restaurant in the heart of California's wine country, Tra Vigne. So it should come as no surprise that the subtitle of his lush cookbook, Read more

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Gorgeous pictures, in depth content, delicious recipe
I have had this book for over a year and have tried several of his recipes which all comes out great.It is one of the few cookboos that I have which I use often. The recipes are easy to follow, simple, and most important of all, delicious.I espcially like the stuffed pepper recipe.It is also a book one can sit down to read for leisure.Plus there are lots of tips, not just recipes.
The true tale of a meat lover's conversion
I've had the Tra Vigne Cookbook for a few years now, and I use it regularly. It's an attractive book, with beautiful photos and intriguing introductions to the recipes. It's hard to stop browsing once you open the book, and an inspiration to actually do some cooking. The dishes are great. The Chicken with Roasted Lemon and Rosemary Sauce is a favorite, as is the Fusilli Michelangelo. My niece from Thailand, for whom I made this dish several years ago, still remembers and asks for it. (Read the intro to either of these dishes and you're likely to cook them.)
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His PBS show is incredible, his recipes are to die for, and he is gorgeous to boot. What other reasons are there for buying this book? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Regional & Ethnic - American - California Style    4. Cooking / American / California Style    5. General cookery    6. California style    7. General    8. California, Northern    9. Cookery    10. Cookery, American    11. Wineries