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Title: Provence : The Beautiful Cookbook by Peter Johnson ISBN: 0-00-255154-3 Publisher: Collins Publications Chino Hills, CA Pub. Date: 24 September, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good intro to Provencal cooking
Comment: I like this book, but it does point out one weakness in Provencal cooking...a slight lack of variety. There are multiple gratin recipes, good fish dishes, etc. It also doesn't shy away from organ meats, etc., much like the region itself. Like all the books in this visually stunning series, this one has lovely photography.
Rating: 5
Summary: BIG AND BEAUTIFUL
Comment: I was a little suspicious of the series. After all, should we trust a book more suitably sized for the coffee table than for the kitchen counter? But my mistrust was misguided. The food is wonderful. All people have assumptions about "others," and one of the assumptions Americans make about the French is that their food is very difficult to prepare and relies on expensive ingredients. The truth is that French food need not be difficult and that it is a cuisine that recognizes the beauty of each season. Since my children bought this book for me, we have been building seasonal rituals around it. For example, we get salt anchovies from the neighborhood Italian deli for our Christmas eve appetizer. At Mardi Gras, we make the oreilles found in this book, which are the pastries sold as "pig's ears" or "angel wings" in the last days before Lent by Polish bakeries in Detroit. Depending on the bakery, they were known as "pig's ears" or "angels wings." My only criticism of the book is that I feel the need to keep it open in the dining room, lest kitchen grease spoils it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Oh la la!
Comment: French born and 4th generation provençale, I take pride in the cuisine from my homeland and I have to confess I was a little wary about what I would find in this book. Well, the authors did a wonderful job at promoting the gastronomic traditions of Provence without betraying them. My grand-mother, our family's head-cook, and our culinary inspiration would have given her seal of approval without hesitation, would she have been around to discover this wonderful recipe collection and it is with her and my homeland in mind that I enjoy preparing the recipes featured in this excellent collection for my own enjoyment and the one of my (American) husband and our friends.
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Title: France : The Beautiful Cookbook by Sisters Scotto ISBN: 0002154129 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 18 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Tuscany : The Beautiful Cookbook by Lorenza De'Medici ISBN: 0002550326 Publisher: Collins Publications Chino Hills, CA Pub. Date: 05 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Italy : The Beautiful Cookbook by Lorenza De'Medici ISBN: 0002154463 Publisher: Collins Publications Chino Hills, CA Pub. Date: 18 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Italy Today The Beautiful Cookbook : Contemporary Recipes Reflecting Simple, Fresh Italian Cooking by Lorenza De'Medici ISBN: 0002250535 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 07 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Mexico : The Beautiful Cookbook by Susanna Palazuelos ISBN: 000215949X Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 17 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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