To a foreign, non wine buff, the American wine industry is generally thought to be just “California”, but just like in other countries the U.S. is host to a wide, diverse and changing range of wine regions. This book focuses on California’s “Central Coast” region and presents 120 wine-friendly and wine-inclusive recipes. After an interesting, possibly …
People often stress when it is time to host a party and receive guests. Some are hung up on perceived archaic rules. Others are just uncertain as what they should expect while many just go with the flow. Here is a book that promises to explain everything you need to know to host a party effortlessly and …
Food from the American South with a bit of a twist is what this book promised, which hopefully won’t scare ultra-conservative traditionalists away. The author has adopted Southern food as his own style, but elements of his Korean roots and classical French culinary training seep through. Through this book it is hoped that the reader will …
A simple book that does what it says on the tin: provides a selection of some of the top recipes most acclaimed by many readers of the Washington Post in the past half century. Ranging from classic and traditional recipes to some more contemporary or experimental dishes, there is surely something for everyone in this deceptively …
Firstly a disclaimer of sorts: this reviewer does not have cancer and cannot pretend to understand the feelings that those suffering from cancer experience. Yet looking at this book has given a little insight into this world that one hopes never to visit personally. At first this reviewer did wonder why it was necessary to have …
This reviewer is fortunate insofar as he has no (known) food allergy, so one can enjoy as much food as one’s waistline will tolerate, yet it must be terrible to have a certain allergy and see perhaps a favourite food becoming out-of-bounds. This book’s author has been through this problem and got the metaphorical t-shirt yet …
This is another small ebook which focusses on fuss-free cooking, keeping it simple and sweet. This time a collection of 50 different single-dish dinners that use no more than five ingredients are consolidated for your pleasure, all of which are slow cooker-friendly, meaning you can prepare it in the morning, leave it to cook and …
Spice Trip is billed as “the simple way to make food exciting” and is a companion to a British television series of the same name. In essence, the reader is shown some key spices (chillies, nutmeg & mace, cloves, cumin, cinnamon and black pepper), given the chance to learn about these often under-appreciated spices and provided with …
Raw foods are an often misunderstood thing. Ignorance, uncertainty and plain unfamiliarity stand in the way for most people it seems, yet the self-same people will often eat salad without a second thought… This book aims to correct things and possibly introduce the purported benefits and delights of raw cookery to a wider public. The authors …
