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| The Best Recipes in the World | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Bittman
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 4596
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.2 x 2.3
ISBN: 0767906721
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.59
EAN: 9780767906722
ASIN: 0767906721
Publication Date: October 11, 2005
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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| Customer Reviews:
 A great book. August 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mark Bittman is FANTASTIC. I can enthusiastically recommend any of his books, and this one is no exception. This book has more of a "world cuisine" focus than his others, and is a great resource for someone trying to venture out into new culinary territory.
 Warning: NOT a companion book to the Bittman PBS series of the same name April 16, 2008
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
I ordered this book because I thought it would be the companion cookbook to Bittman's PBS cooking show of the same name "The Best Recipes in the World With Mark Bittman of the New York Times." I was dissapointed to find that was not the case. Specifically, I was looking for the paella and the ravioli recipes I'd seen cooked on the show. The paella contained rabbit, chicken, tomato, rice, rosemary and beans. The rabbit and chicken version is considered to be the true original Valenciana paella by purists. The ravioli recipe was made by Paola Di Mauro containing a simple ricotta filling and a sauce made only from tomatoes and basil. Neither recipe is in the book. Instead "the original" paella in Bittman's book contains is a shrimp version, and there's second paella recipe with chicken and mushrooms. The two ravioli recipes are a spinach/ricotta and a vegetarian version. I'm stymied why that's the case, and why create a cooking show with the same title as the book only to have completely different recipes. I find this inexcusable since the book is advertised on the show. I feel cheated. I had to find the Di Mauro ravioli recipe and the paella recipe by googling. One star for false advertising.
Let your International Flavor sing February 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this cookbook for my wife and my sister in law and they both really love it. The recipies range from simple to complex but they are all interesting to the palate. Thanks
terrific cookbook with an interesting challenge December 16, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think the cookbook is great and very useful. We've been able to go to an Indian restaurant, or a Malaysian restaurant, or a Mexican restaurant and try something we love, and then find a similar recipe in this book...at least enough for an inspiration. The recipes we have tried have been top-notch.
My only small complaint with this book is the organization. It is laid out like a normal cookbook: appetizers, soups, meats, poultry, desserts, etc., which is fine, but I think makes this book hard to get through if you're reading it as a source for new things to try. For example, it's not normal for my girlfriend and I to decide that we want to make "poultry" for dinner, we usually decide we want "italian" or "Thai" food, or whatever. In this book, since it is organized like a regular cookbook, you need to look through "poultry" recipes, the first might be Korean, the next from France, etc. It just makes things a little tricky for planning. Other than that, we love the book. If you want a book that you can use to find classic recipes from around the world, this is a good start.
Sophisticated yet Easy December 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Best Recipes in the World has recipes ranging from exotic to familiar, are easy to comprehend and in execution prove to be accurate regarding successful and tasty results.
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