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.Eating Up Italy: Voyages on a Vespa
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by: Matthew Fort

June 20, 2005
Matthew Fort's epic scooter ride up the thigh-boot of Italy is a truly delicious read. Every aspect of the fascinating and varied Italian life he encountered is amusingly reflected upon in his lightly erudite prose. I thought his acknowledgement of feeling homesick (unlike Thesiger et al) was particularly endearing and the description of his amateurish Vespa riding in Naples most entertaining.Mr Fort was the restaurant critic for The Guardian, a foodie professional, but the gusto with which he describes the various meals he was presented with en route shows a boyish enthusiast peeping through the culinary afficionado. The recipes, which are added to each chapter-ending, are splendidly simple but totally mouthwatering.What Mr Fort has managed ... Read More:
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.Turkish Cooking
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by: Ghillie Basan

June 30, 2006
Very rarely does a book come into my possession where I want to cook every recipe that I see. This is one of those rare beasts. The recipes just look full of flavour, and after cooking a good few, they do taste as good as they look. Straightforward simple recipes, easy to follow add to the delight.
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.Marcella Says...: Italian Cooking Wisdom from the Legendary Teacher's Master Classes, with 120 of Her Irresistible New Recipes
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by: Marcella Hazan

2004-10
Very rarely does a book come into my possession where I want to cook every recipe that I see. This is one of those rare beasts. The recipes just look full of flavour, and after cooking a good few, they do taste as good as they look. Straightforward simple recipes, easy to follow add to the delight.
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.River Cafe Italian Kitchen
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by: Rose Gray, Ruth Rogers

November 26, 1998
From the moment I saw the book On Amazon.co.uk, I knew I was on to a winner. River Cafe cook books offer the chef (novice or pro) a delightful tool in culinary mastering. I have used the book to make my partner some of the most exquisite meals in minutes - rather than hours! The instruction is plain and simple, with extraordinary results.

Tasting though, is believing. Get the book.
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.River Cafe Two Easy
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by: Rose Gray, Ruth Rogers

May 23, 2005
This is a book about ingredients rather than cooking. If you buy your oil from Carluccios and your antipasta from the deli counter at Fortnums then anyone you cook for will enjoy the food. Also, a lot of butter and oil is used in the recipes and in one particular recipe, using dried mushrooms, I had to quarter the amount of melted butter used lest I have a coronary on the spot (the result, however, was still divine).

However, there are some excellent things in here that make it worth buying and some of the pasta recipes are very simple to make and prepare and are delicious. The spagetti with fillet steak is awesome and the porcini mushroom penne is TO DIE FOR and I really mean that - but cut out that butter. Some of the deserts are well worth ... Read More:
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.Carluccio's Complete Italian Food
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by: Antonio Carluccio, Priscilla Carluccio

March 04, 2002
This book is brill... I got this book for my mum for christmas and she hasn't put it down yet, the food she has been making from it is delicious... sure it has lots of foods listed in there, but the book is fantastic and you've got to trust me on this one!
Chow
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.River Cafe Cookbook Green
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by: Rose Gray, Ruth Rogers

September 06, 2001
I love this cookbook! It is not a cookbook that you would whip out on a weekday - although it is a mix of really easy dishes and more time consuming and advanced ones. Because of the latter I would probably not recommend it to a beginner. Some of its recipes have definitely become regulars with us.

We love the 'seasonal' approach & the recipes are all a treat to those who like Flavour with a capital F. What I mean by that is that most recipes taste like the basic ingredients/vegetables, and not like a mix of tons of ingredients (if that makes sense). What I also mean by that is that it also provokes you to taste something you may not have come up with yourself (within the Italian kitchen realm), such as a lemon salad... which isn't as sour ... Read More:
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.Decoding Ferran Adria DVD: Hosted by Anthony Bourdain
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by: Anthony Bourdain

2006-04
I would agree totally with the previous review, however this DVD is at least a bit more food orientated than the other Bourdain DVDs. If you are looking for an in-depth food programme, then this won't be for you.
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.The Food and Cooking of Turkey: All the Traditions, Techniques and Ingredients, Including Over 150 Authentic Recipes Shown in 700 Step-by-step Photographs (The Food and Cooking of)
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by: Ghillie Basan

December 17, 2007
I would agree totally with the previous review, however this DVD is at least a bit more food orientated than the other Bourdain DVDs. If you are looking for an in-depth food programme, then this won't be for you.
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.50 Greek Recipes: Authentic and Mouth-watering Recipes from Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean Shown in 200 Easy-to-use Step-by-step Photographs
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by: Joanna Farrow, Jacqueline Clark

December 14, 2007
I would agree totally with the previous review, however this DVD is at least a bit more food orientated than the other Bourdain DVDs. If you are looking for an in-depth food programme, then this won't be for you.
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