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Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Mediterranean Cooking: Authentic recipes from Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, The Middle East, North Africa (Williams Sonoma Essentials)
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Item Description...
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Provides a thorough overview of the traditional food, culinary traditions, and cooking techniques from countries that border the Mediterranean, examining the special ingredients that define Mediterranean cooking and providing more than 130 recipes for authentic dishes from Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa. 25,000 first printing.
Publishers Description
Essentials of Mediterranean Cooking begins with an overview of the rich history of the region and the many elements that have come together to create one of the world's first—and best—fusion cuisines. The featured countries are showcased with a discussion of their iconic foods and a list of their specialties, from the bouillabaisse of Provence to the tagines of North Africa. A section on the Mediterranean diet explains the benefits of this traditional way of eating, with its emphasis on vegetables, grains, and seafood. Five chapters, with some 130 recipes drawn from the more than one dozen countries that ring the Mediterranean, are organized by courses. The exquisitely photographed dishes range from simple, earthy Spanish gazpacho to such showstopping main courses as Moroccan chicken bisteeya. The final chapter holds a wealth of seductive finales, including a pistachio-laced gelato from Italy and a lemon-and-lavender-scented granité from France. Detailed instructions and step-by-step photographs explain such basic techniques as working with filo dough and making romesco sauce. An informative glossary with culinary terms and ingredients completes this indispensable introduction to the cuisines of the Mediterranean. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 287
Dimensions: Length: 1.5" Width: 9.5" Height: 10.25"
Weight: 3.4 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Oct 1, 2008
ISBN 0848732413
EAN 9780848732417
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 | I LOVE this cookbook Aug 14, 2009 |
My partner and I got this cookbook as a way to start eating the "Mediterranean Diet".
Since then I have bought several copies and given them to family and friends.
I have yet to find a recipe that did not taste absolutely fabulous!! It stays in my kitchen on the bookstand ready to be used at moments notice. The other cookbooks are on the shelf.
Definately recommend this cookbook!! | | | | Covers a huge range of food very well! Jul 3, 2009 |
| Mediterranean food has had a huge impact on how the rest of the world eats. The previous review had criticized this book for focusing too much on the foods of a few particular countries, but I am sure that Williams-Sonoma did want this book to appeal to the average American consumer. The previous reviewer is correct that there are a lot of Spanish, French, Italian, and Greek recipes in this book but I in no way see that as a bad thing. These are the recipes and ingredients that I am most familiar with, and the foods I cook most of the time. I do realize that there are numerous other cultures and foods that are Mediterrean, and I would love to know how to cook them. Unfortunately, too often when I see recipes that require exotic ingredients or unfamiliar cooking techniques these recipes become "fantasy foods" - foods I would seek out in a restaurant in a big city but not actually cook at home on a regular basis. I would cook almost all of the recipes in this book and that is why I think it is a very good Mediterranean cookbook. Maybe ten years from now there will be numerous Turkish grocery stores and restaurants even in places like New Mexico - and that would be a great thing! And maybe at that time this book will seem ethnocentric and very limited in its scope. But for now I think this cookbook was very well done. The recipes are precise, tasty, and well-photographed like most other Williams-Sonoma cookbooks. | | |  | Just ok Oct 15, 2008 |
I was expecting a book with equal number of recipes from each country they mentioned on the cover...but what I got was a book filled to the brim with Spanish, Italian and French recipes with some middle-eastern recipes thrown in for good measure. I already have their Savoring Spain, Italy and France cookbooks and the recipes are mostly repeated here, so I am really disappointed. The only reason I'm giving this book 3 stars(instead of 1 that it deserves) is because if somebody doesn't have the cookbooks I mentioned, they might enjoy all the recipes here.
Only two recipes excited me from the cookbook, the baklava and the sweet couscous with pomegranate and honey. | | | Write your own review about Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Mediterranean Cooking: Authentic recipes from Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, The Middle East, North Africa (Williams Sonoma Essentials)
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