Tuscany: The Beautiful Cookbook by Lorenza De'medici Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Tuscany: The Beautiful Cookbook
Book Review: for the coffee table, not the kitchen
Summary: 1 Stars
I got this as a gift from my son, since I had just visited Tuscany last year and loved the food. I am an experienced gourmet cook. This book needed a test kitchen in the worst way. I tried two recipes: one for polenta (as basic as pasta) and a Garbanzo bean bread. The proportions for both were totally wrong. The polenta balled up in the pan, and the "flat bread" was like a soft egg dish. I checked in one of my favorite chef cookbooks (Sheila Lukins of Silver Palate fame) and the proportions were very different for the polenta. the other recipe couldn't find anywhere. I'm donating this one to the library for the Friends of the Library sale. Book Review: Tuscany the Beautiful Cookbook
Summary: 3 Stars
The photographs and historical narratives are very good. The recipes are not complex. The recipes just don't appeal to me and I highly doubt that I will ever make anything from the book. It is more or less a great photo-tour-guide of Tuscany will be practical on the coffee table.Book Review: Fabulous!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The best cookbook I've ever bought! Every recipe has been great and easy to follow. They are also very healthy and delicious. I just moved on to the Mexico book from the same series and made a "killer" Fish Veracruz. I highly recommend both these books!! I feel like I've gone from a "clueless" everyday cook to a gourmet!Book Review: The BEST !
Summary: 5 Stars
One is transported. Even if you have never visited Tuscany and will never cook Tuscan, this beautiful book will take you on a trip and fill your senses with the essence of Tuscany. If you have visited Tuscany, it will bring back exquisite memories of this unbelievable region of our world through some of its greatest attractions: eating, drinking, and living well.Book Review: Gorgeous Coffee Table Book, and the BEST Tuscan Cookbook
Summary: 5 Stars
When you're an American expat living in Tuscany, your native friends and neighbors generally think that you can't cook worth beans, and your microwave must be your best friend. This is a beautiful book with characteristic food photographs taken in luscious Tuscan villas, or rustic farmhouse terraces, surrounded by wisteria blossoms, and always an inviting glass of white or red wine. It also an excellent cookbook, providing truely authentic recipes and precise instructions, enabling me to cook (almost) as well as my mother-in-law!