This is a really fascinating book about food, eating culture, traditions, and recipes from the Tudor times. The author starts with an impressive review of the books and documents she has researched over a period of about 10 years. What a work of love that was ! Covering the period 1485 to 1603, the book... Continue Reading →
This is a great book. It starts by being pleasing to the eye, with lovely bright colours and graphics.It is very informative too, thanks to a round the world tour of everything curry. The book covers the various regions of the world and looks at how culture and history have shaped these countries' relation to... Continue Reading →
What a great book!Some years ago, we travelled through some of the national parks. Yosemite, Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon… This book brought me right back to these magical places. It is a lovely combination of the love for nature, curiosity about the parks, and the delicious foods they have to offer,The pictures are beautiful. The... Continue Reading →
This is a very complete book with a wealth of information about sourdough, its history, health benefits, vocabulary. In fact, it is almost a treaty on sourdough. The recipes are well explained and cover the making of the starter and a variety of bread recipes. It also has spiked dough recipes as well as a... Continue Reading →
I have had freezer disasters and I know I am not alone. But that is because I did not have this really well designed and useful book at hand.It is very informative about freezing in general and this provides a really good basis for understanding the techniques that will turn a freezer disaster into a... Continue Reading →
This is a really nice bread baking book and especially for beginners. The recipes, techniques and tips are very clear and the steps are well explained. The pictures are great and helpful to know what the finished product should look like.What I really liked about this book was the range of recipes it covers. Of... Continue Reading →
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