Around the World in 450 Recipes: Delicious, Authentic Dishes from the World's Best Loved Cuisines with Step-By-Step Techniques and Over 1500 Stunning

by Sarah Ainley (Editor)

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Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Karina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very inclusive book for cuisines of all over the world. Lots of photographs for every dish. I like that the recipes are both in metric and imperial measures, standard cups and spoons.

The countries include:
Africa
China
Japan
Indonesia
Thailand
India
Middle East
Morocco
Italy
Spain
France
North America
Cajun & Creole
Caribbean
Mexico

I make 3x/ 7-6 days (depending) meals for 5 ppl. We don't go out to eat unless it's a special treat so I try to learn different techniques and recipes. I have learned many throughout my years of being married. The best meal is one that all 5 of us enjoy without saying "yuck."

Some countries IDK if I'd honestly try given the use of spices I don't ever use or hard to find meats. Asian culture dishes are also hard to reproduce but I love eating them.

The book is step by step which I appreciate bc I get confused at recipe wording. Idk how true to culture it is but on that night when dinner is a confusing jumble of "Idk what to make tonight" I should give one a try.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers a great variety of recipes. I enjoyed the photographs and techniques that went along with each recipe.

[Annika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fina bilder och vettiga recept. Hade velat ha fler recept utanför de stora matnationerna. Tycker det är lite ojämt fördelat när t.ex. Spanien får lika många sidor som hela afrika.

[Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures and interesting recipes. Certainly, for an adventurous cook.

[Mia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A few years back my brother received the hardcover, massive food-photo version of this book. The photographs are as the subtitle suggests stunning, and even the mini version I bought on sale is enough to make my mouth water. This is only made better by the fact that the recipes are simply (yet brilliantly) organized + easy & detailed.
A trip around the world with a flip of the page, or a opening of the fridge.


You guessed it, it is the one on the left side!

[Camille · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this cookbook for making restaurant favorites like green Thai curry, pineapple fried rice, Chicken Tikka Masala, and Szechuan chicken easy to do at home (and clearly adaptable to my vegetarian preferences). Two downsides: (1) the book displays metric measurements along with the English ones, and (2) now I'm having a lot of trouble justifying paying $14-$20 for one of these dishes at the restaurant when I know they cost about 4 bucks and 8 minutes to make.

[Rakisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Top notch, intermediate level recipes from ALL around the globe. Color pictures on each page demonstrating specific techniques from the recipe as well as a finished dish. Each recipe includes a brief statement of the dish's purpose, occasion to be served, or helpful hint to make the dish work. One of my ABSOLUTE FAVES!! Recommended with 2 thumbs up.

[Carrie Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book offers plenty of amazing recipes from all over the world. Having an interacial family I was quite pleased with what it offered.