Waterstones The German Cookbook
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Price: £39.95
Brand: Waterstones
Description: The only comprehensive collection of German recipes - from authentic traditional dishes to contemporary cuisine. Germany is made up of a series of distinct regional culinary cultures. From Hamburg on the north coast to Munich in the Alpine south, and from Frankfurt in the west to Berlin in the east, Germany's cities and farmland yield a remarkable variety of ingredients and influences. This authoritative book showcases this diversity, with 500 recipes including both beloved traditional cuisine and contemporary dishes representing the new direction of German cooking - from snacks to desserts, meat, poultry, and fish, to potatoes, dumplings, and noodles. An introduction showcasing the culinary cultural history of the country introduces the origins of the classic recipes. These recipes have been tested for accuracy in a home kitchen, making them fully accessible to a wide range of cooking abilities. Icons indicate everything from vegetarian, gluten-, and dairy-free options to recipes with five ingredients or fewer and simple one-pot dishes. The German Cookbook is the latest in Phaidon's bestselling series of authoritative cookbooks on global cuisines.
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780714877327
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ISBN: 9780714877327
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Author: Charlotte
Rating: 5
Review: Having grown up in Germany and with fond memories of the local dishes I love this book - it is by far the most comprehensive cookbook of German recipes I have ever come across, almost a German food bible, both in volume and authenticity, and with reference to respective regions as well, which is very good, as Germany is a large country and a northern noodle is very different from a southern "Spätzle". I cannot wait to cook some of the old favourites my German grandmother used to cook - just reading the recipes I can almost taste them now.
Author: Alan Smithee
Rating: 2
Review: I was really looking forward to this book, especially since it contains many regional classics of German cuisine. however, after less than one hour reading through the book, I have found so many flaws and mistakes, that I am speechless... whoever did this translation, did a rather sloppy job. a few examples: in the chapter about Bavaria: "Hamburg (sic!!) is home to Oktoberfest, a folk and beer festival that has been running since 1810"... whenever a recipe needs 'caraway' (German word in the original version of the book is "kümmel"), this book lists 'cumin', which is a spice often used in Asian food, unknown in German cuisine, and very different in flavour than caraway! using cumin instead of caraway basically ruins any of these recipes. the photos are very misleading, and display the dishes in ways that are not typical, so they can't be used as a reference. the salads look completely dry as if there is no dressing at all. and whoever prepared the the 'Koenigsberger Kloepse' (meat balls) for the photo, has never seen the real dish. do a quick Google image search, to see what I am talking about. throughout the book, the photos have no image description, so that you don't even know what dish you are looking at. basically, to find this book useful, you need to know the recipes or dishes they stand for, so that you can filter out the misleading or false information. I believe that the original version of this book ("Deutschland - das kochbuch", by the same author) is a very good source of classic German recipes. but this version with its useless photos, bad translation, and obvious mistakes will be a frustrating experience for anyone trying to cook the recipes and learn about German cuisine.
