Cookbooks We Love presents reviews of "Regional & International Cookbooks", a short-list of cook books covering local, regional, national, and ethnic cooking and cuisines. Featuring some of the best Italian, French, Mexican, Thai, American, Mediterranean, Asian and slow food cookbooks and cookery books pertaining to the popular cuisines of Italy, France, Mexico, Thailand and Asia.
Chef Suvir Saran is a busy man. Between dishing out regional Indian dishes at his award-winning Manhattan restaurant Diva, opening a new chain of restaurants, contributing to Food Arts magazine and teaching New York Times featured Indian cooking classes he still manages to prepare heart-warming, flavorful meals for his lucky family and friends. And, he still finds time....
In Creole, chef and author Babette de Roziers honours her heritage and love of simply prepared, authentic foods instilled in her by her grandmother growing up in Guateloupe. From her home in the French Antilles her travels and cooking took her to Paris, home again, then back to France where she recreates.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/21/2008
For those cooks both inspired and intimidated by the range of quality Asian condiments and spices now available in most shops cooking Chinese food has never been easier or more fun - all you need is Kylie Kwong book Simple Chinese Cooking, a wok and a quick trip to the supermarket.....
In Cradle of Flavor, author James Oseland takes the reader on a culinary journey to Indonesia, Manaysia and Singapore. Called the Spice Islands and located between Australia and S. Asia, these are the native home to such beloved culinary flavor enhancers as nutmeg, cloves, galangal and.....
All too seldom does a restaurant inspired cookbook truly capture the magic of the restaurant itself. In his cookbook Bistro Laurent Tourondel, acclaimed chef Laurent Tourondel manages to do just that for no less than six of his namesake restaurants. BLT features over 150 bistro style recipes from.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 11/12/2007
Jamie Oliver ditches his celebrity status for a time an takes a VW bus on road trip through the Italian countryside in search of his inner Italian food soul. And the result is Jamie’s Italy, a charming and genuine collection of stories, recipes and culinary adventures. One browse through our site and you can see we.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 07/30/2007
As mentor and culinary influence to celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, Gennaro Contaldo is one of the true masters of Italian cooking. His book Gennaro’s Italian Year is his culinary memoir and is a celebration of Italian food, culture and lifestyle.....
In her cookbook Everyday Pasta Food, Network favourite Giada De Laurentiis brings us a collection of dishes very close to her heart and home, based on her favourite theme - pasta. She stays true to her.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 05/30/2007
Cooking by Hand has you hooked the moment you pick it up, and it does so without the usual chef showpiece features of stunning photography, glorious design, and glossy pages. Just heartwarming, inventive dishes and insightful writing that take you to the heart and soul.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 04/08/2007
The New Spanish Table by Anya Brenzen is a celebration of the glorious foods of Spain and offers over 300 recipes of traditional and modern Spanish cooking. Through colourful photographs, lively stories and profiles meet.....
In this companion book to her latest PBS series, popular chef and teacher Lidia Bastianich generously welcomes us into her kitchen to meet her family and share with us some of her favorite family meals. Rooted in her Italian traditions, the dishes in Lidia’s Family Table are an innovative.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 11/06/2006
If you are one of the many fans of Mark Bittman bestseller How To Cook Everything then get ready to expand your horizons and take a culinary trip of a lifetime with The Best Recipes In the World. Not a writer to shy away from bold claims, Bittman once again delivers a book that lives up to it’s all-encompassing.....
In his Napa Valley bistro Bouchon chef Thomas Keller (also of famed French Laundry) serves traditional French bistro fare, and this book pays homage to his love of bistro cooking. Bouchon is a celebration of the simple, pure and elevated ingredients.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 09/04/2006
Molto Italiano is stuffed full of big, bold, flavorful food wrapped up in a gorgeous package with loads of insightful and personal reflections from a culinary master. Plenty of classic meat dishes to please his many fans of authentic Italian cooking, like the “daddy of all great braises.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 09/01/2006
Mediterranean cuisine is rich in tradition and is the ultimate in comfort, full-flavored, textured cooking, and The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen is a treasure for the many devotees of this popular cuisine. Bestselling cookbook author and writer Paula Wolfert is an authority on Mediterranean cooking, and the 150 recipes she shares in this book.....
The Gift of Southern Cooking is a treasure trove of authentic Southern home cooking and hospitality. Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock together have written a perfect collection of recipes and culinary traditions for home cooks interested in food (and a little bit of history) of the American South.....
Diana Kennedy has done for Mexican Cuisine what Julia Child has done for French cooking and Marcella Hazan for Italian—introduced home cooks to a country’s great culinary tradition through groundbreaking cookbooks. Through her cookbook Cuisines of Mexico, published over 25 years ago.....
To all those faint of heart, prudish ninnies who expect niceties and coddling, be forewarned Les Halles by Anthony Bourdain is not a book for you… If however, you possess both the desire to cook good bistro food.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 07/20/2006
A new cookbook from Michael Chiarello, best-selling author of the The Tra Vigne Cookbook, signature recipes from his acclaimed restaurant in St. Helena, California. This companion volume to his 26-part series on public television, Michael Chiarello’s Casual Cooking is a collection of his favorite recipes.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 07/08/2006
Part of the Best Recipe series from the editors at Cook’s Illustrated (America’s Test Kitchen), American Classics offers a treasure trove of all-time favorite American dishes—clam chowder, mashed potatoes, and fried chicken, to brownies, carrot cake, and lemon meringue pie—great old fashioned..
Posted by Editor Carol on 06/28/2006
Patricia Wells once again invites us to visit her adopted home of Provence, France. In The Provence Cookbook, Patricia shares some of her favorite regional recipes and ingredients for simple French fare, takes us to some of her secret food haunts, and introduces us to a few of her friendly local food purveyors and vendors.....
Another winner from cookbook author Deborah Madison. Winner of the 2003 James Beard award for General/Cooking Cooking for Everyday category, Local Flavors—Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers’ Markets really brings the market home. This is simple, straightforward.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 06/04/2006
Any home cook with even a mild interest in Indian cookery simply must own at least one of Madhur Jaffrey’s many fine cookbooks. She is an established authority and a wonderful writer. Award winner From Curries to Kebabs is a fascinating, lively introduction to over 100 of her favorite curries.....
Patricia Wells at Home in Provence is an invitation to step inside her 18th century farmhouse and enjoy some classic Provencal dishes such as Butter-Roasted Herbed Chicken, Seared Pancetta-Wrapped Cod, earthy daubes; Summer Pistou.....
Ina Garten puts her magical touch to French country cooking in Barefoot in Paris. Ina has realized her own dream of living in France and scouring the markets to create her own version of classic French country cuisine, and this book is her own personal collection and insider’s food guide to Paris. With a range that includes hearty Bouef Bourguignon.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 03/06/2006
A Real American Breakfast is a coast-to-coast feast of 275 breakfast recipes. There are old favorites like Waffles and Homemade Cereals, flaky Buttermilk Biscuits, Chocolate Bread Pudding, and Brown Butter Apple Cake, to regional specialties like Charleston Shrimp and Grits.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 02/26/2006
Under the Sun: Caroline Conran’s French Country Cooking is a collection of 120 classic recipes and traditions in the kitchen from the Dordogne, Gascony, Languedoc, the Basque country, and.....
Madhur Jaffrey’s award-winning cookbook, World Vegetarian is an indispensable colleciton of international dishes that will appeal to equally to vegetarians, meat-eaters and all those in between.....
Posted by Editor Carol on 01/05/2006
Chef Mario Batali, known to fans as “Molto Mario” and “Mediterranean Mario” from his Food Network appearances, pays tribute to traditional Italian home cooking in a distinctly modern way. He presents more than 200 of his simple yet innovative recipes
Posted by Editor Carol on 11/27/2005
Patricia Wells’ Trattoria is full of the “homey, unpretentious, honest, and homemade” dishes that are the heart and soul of Italian trattoria cooking. A trattoria is where Italians go for big flavors, great friendships, and good times. This cookbook perfectly captures the essence and spirit of trattoria cooking.....
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