California: The Beautiful Cookbook

by John Phillip Carroll, Virginia Rainey

Each title in this award-winning series offers an exquisite region-by-region taste tour filled with culinary specialties and surprises. Included in each large-format volume are gorgeous food and landscape photographs.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Cooking, Travel

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Alisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my go-to cookbooks when I want something fresh, contemporary, and reliably good. This series has some great books, and I think this is one of the best.

[Nina Mckey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dear John Phillip Carroll ; I DID REMEMBER HOW TO SPELL IT DIDNT I ? Just loved the illustration of your book .I saw your picture there on the back page your looking great; handsome ! Hope you & your family are doing well Call me(931)201-3715 would love to hear from you . Nina Brewer Mckey Apartments past high school Lawrenceburg ; Tn .38464

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

For those of you who don't know about this series of books, they're really more combination cooking/travel/photography coffee table books than they are typical cookbooks; they're oversized and, thus, are rather cumbersome in the kitchen. The books are divided into sections by region, and each section includes writeups about the area and the local cuisine there, stunning photography and great recipes.

I'm honestly a bit weird in that I love reading cookbooks, but rarely try to make anything in them, so I haven't actually tried any of the recipes included here (thought they look delicious). If you're hoping for a traditional cookbook on California cuisine, you should probably look elsewhere, as the size and arrangement of this book will make it difficult to use practically in the kitchen. But if you're someone who loves travel writing, food and great photography, you won't be disappointed.

[Rebecca]

Another gift from my sister. What the hell am I going to do wth all these cookbooks?