Cooking Light Global Kitchen: The World's Most Delicious Food Made Easy

by David Joachim, Cooking Light

"It is an exciting time to be in the kitchen with so many incredible, flavorful ingredients from around the globe in our local supermakets. We can thank globalization for stimulating our taste buds--and for making it easier to eat healthy." David Joachim, Author Cooking Light Global Kitchen brings a world of flavor, texture, and enticing aromas to your everyday meals. In this book, the sometimes intimidating topic of preparing your favorite ethnic-inspired dishes is made easy , approachable, and, most importantly, doable for home cooks of any skill level, by using ethnic ingredients easy-to-find in your local grocery store!

New York Times Bestselling author David Joachim, shares fascinating stories behind the world's most loved dishes as well as tips and techniques from 15 notable chefs and experts such as Rick Bayless, Marc Vetri, Michael Solomonov, Lidia Bastianich, Marcus Samuelsson, Jose Garces, Mark Bittman, and many more.

We'll show you how to create Mexican chile rellenos, homemade
pasta in the Italian tradition, Thai sticky rice, Egyptian koshari, and
many other dishes without venturing further than the supermarket.
You'll get a taste of the world without ever leaving home.
More than 150 recipes from around the world provide adventurous eaters with plenty of options to keep their palates pleased
Features melting pot recipes blending the flavors of multiple cuisines, appealing to America's love of fusion dishes
All the recipes are prepared with easy-to-find ingredients, making each deliciously doable
Full-color images of each recipe brings each dish to life
A complete nutrition analysis shows readers they can makeonce-in-awhile favorites into everyday options
Ingredients: Detailed information about the easy-to-find ingredients that are the basis of many of these international favorites, where to find them (mostly at the regular grocery store these days), and how to know you're picking the best.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food

320 pages, Hardcover

First published March 4, 2014

Reviews

[Marathon County Public Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a new, beautifully illustrated cookbook that celebrates international cuisine on every page. Gorgeous pictures of completed meals are surrounded by a plethora of brightly added stories and information concerning the ingredients and culture behind each recipe. Even if you don't immediately want to start cooking one of the recipes, it's a great cookbook to just enjoy reading and learning about different regions, their culture, and their cuisine.

Sarah M. / Marathon County Public Library
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[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know that I would say this is, "The World's Most Delicious Food Made Easy."

There's a lot of pretty pictures to go with the recipes but the food isn't so easy to make. There's a lot of recipes that are extremely time consuming. I only picked out 3 recipes to try. There's a lot of recipes and I picked out less than a hand full.. I love a recipe book that has a lot of pictures to go with their recipes. This book meets that requirement to the fullest. I just don't know that my family would ever eat any of these foods and I don't know that I have the time. I did like all the different cultures that this book touched on. Otherwise, this book just isn't for me.

[Minna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book, with some very interesting and informative sections on regional cooking practices, food preparation, and foodstuff history. I picked this up because of the cover - not really intending to make anything from it, as many of the recipes looked a little... involved... but it was inspiring. I'll probably try out a couple recipes and see how difficult they are, and then go from there.

I'm using this towards the 2015 Popsugar reading challenge under the heading "Book based entirely on its cover."

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a beautiful cookbook. The pages are filled with so much color and delicious looking food. I enjoyed the brief explanations about each dish and their origin. The recipes themselves were easy to follow, but made some assumptions from one step to the other about the readers knowledge of cooking or understanding. This can certainly cause someone to make mistakes if following the recipe for the first time.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been looking for a good global inspired cookbook and received this one as a Christmas book. Everything I have made so far from it has been excellent!! My tested recipes include:

Chinese Pork Buns - these are much more filling than what you get in the restaurant. They take some time to make but were soooo good

Shumai - as a veggie option, these were fantastic. Even my carnivore friends enjoyed them

Samosas - these were also good but man is fillo dough a pain in the a$$ to work with

Lemon grass shrimp vermincilli: So good! Be sure to read and reread the recipe, I accidentally put lime juice in the shrimp marinade which partially cooks the shrimp

Shepperd's pie: I made this was bison - highly recommend

I can't wait to try more recipes. If you have a foodie in the family who also likes to cook - I highly recommend this cookbook

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love to eat foods from around the world, so when I saw this at the library, I checked it out. Many times, recipes can seem too involved or too many ingredients. I like this cookbook because, while it does have some time consuming recipes, I do appreciate that it breaks down the hands on time. I love that it lists the calories, fat, etc and since it is “Cooking Light”, they are mostly healthy. I haven’t made any of the recipes but there were many that looked delicious and weren’t complicated to make. After I make several of these and if they are good, then I would probably purchase this.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I tagged so many recipes to try! Excited to get cooking. I like that the ingredients are terribly hard to find, the recipes have been slimmed down a bit, and everything is accessible to the home cook. I might invite you over to sample!

[Karoline Aldrich]

Loved the recipes. Favorite is the chorizo taco filling.

[Aasinathena · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hefty mount of work has put onto this book ! Fantastic photography and recipes !

[Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice pictures with concise instructions. Some good recipes, but be prepared to spend an hour on most of them.

[Beka · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this might be my favorite Cooking Light cookbook of all time. It's beautifully photographed and the dishes look delicious and largely doable.

[False · Rating 2 out of 5]

It takes something truly innovative for me to commit to buying a cookbook anymore. This was a cultural mishmash. I didn't feel enthused enough to make one recipe. I could find variations, perhaps better, on the computer.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a beautifully illustrated cookbook that celebrates International cuisine. Even if you don't immediately want to start cooking one of the recipes, it's a great cookbook to just enjoy reading, as it has a lot of snippets throughout about different regions, their culture, and their cuisine.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I especially liked the brief photo essays that began the pages on each region of the world. They described the flavors and traditions of each region in pictures and words. The recipes have been converted to use ingredients, measures, and equipment available in American kitchens.

[Tamara]

I marked eight recipes to try.

[Halley Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Received as a present. Have since made about 5 recipes in it. Don't be scared of ingredient lists! Mostly spices. Looooove the calorie breakdowns.

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 Stars

Interesting cookbook. Definitely not for the novice cook. Pretty involved recipes. I walked away with a small handful of recipes.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible recipes with a lot of interesting information about the countries they originate from.