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All Around the World Cookbook
A culinary genius who helped change the way America eats, Sheila Lukins now embarks on her first solo journey, visiting 33 countries on a cook's tour of cuisines, ingredients, and tastes. The result is pure alchemy -- a new kind of American cookbook that reinterprets the best of the world's food in 450 dazzling, original recipes.Main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club...more
Hardcover, 608 pages
Published
April 1st 1994
by Workman Publishing
(first published 1994)
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Found this for a couple of bucks at a thrift store, a definite good deal. A treasure trove of wonderful ethnic recipes from around the world collected in one book. Much to my delight I even found a recipe for Pavlova, something I had not been able to do in my extensive collection of cookbooks. I especially enjoyed the section on Afternoon tea with recipes for teas, sandwiches and desserts.
The one gripe I have with this book is the recipe index, which I found to be inadequate. I found I had to...more
The one gripe I have with this book is the recipe index, which I found to be inadequate. I found I had to...more
Got this when our son was in kindergarten, because his school seemed to have a regular "multicultural festival" where each class was assigned a country and parents were asked to provide a dish from that country for the program. His middle school did the same thing so the book was used for grades K-8.
Packing away now as we declutter the house, preparing to put it on the market.
Packing away now as we declutter the house, preparing to put it on the market.
I like the "a taste of the world (insert palette here)" section and I'm sure the recipes are fine, but I absolutely hate how it's organized- it isn't. First I'm reading about the Indonesian Palette, next thing I know I see a recipe for Minestrone soup. It's not organized by meal, or nationality. Not even the wines are in one section.
I really like this cookbook for the anecdotes about the around-the-world travels. However, in terms of recipes, there are only a few I use because they are not really practical for the most part...some of the ingredients are hard to find and some of the recipes don't appeal to a wide range of tastes, as is to be expected I suppose.
there are some very good recipes in here, but it is not as strong as the Silver Palate series.
This book has a TON of amazing ethnic recipes. The ones I've tried are easy enough, and delicious!
Haven't visited this cookbook for a while but remember liking it a lot
Some terrific recipes that are a kittle different.
Not nearly as good as Great Good Food.
Good recipes
Some very interesting recipes are included in this cook book. I purchased the book so I could look for various international dishes to use when my family has our new tradition...a heritage smorgasbord Christmas dinner. When needing to figure out a Scandanavian main course, Irish appetizer, Scottish salad and German desert...this book was a God send. The recipes I have tried were all easy to follow and have all been "hits" and not "misses," thus far.
This is one of my all time favorite cookbooks, a gift from my father making it extra special. It is a collection of recipes from around the world and includes two recipes I have incorporated into everyday cooking and share with friends and family;the Moroccan Tea Loaf is made with organic pumpkin puree and the Mexican Frijoles Negros is made with cocoa powder.
This is a book to read. Fascinating, it tells the tale of regional cuisine and how it came to be based on the geography, economics, religion, and traditions of the areas. With text this absorbing the recipes pale in comparison.
Adore flipping through this book. Have made only a few things (rather rich and involved recipes) but they were fabulous! Apple crab salad rocks. The Moroccan Pumpkin loaf has been made several times.
May 09, 2013
Sydney Williams
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Sheila Lukins (1942–2009), was an American cook and food writer. She was most famous as the co-author, with Julee Rosso, of the The Silver Palate series of cookbooks, and The New Basics Cookbook, a very popular set of cookbooks which introduced many Americans to southern and eastern European cooking techniques and ingredients and revitalized a richer and very boldly seasoned style of cooking to Am...more
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May 16, 2013 04:09pm