a book recommendation please

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for my list for Christmas.
Just one.

I'll pass them over to Tony to choose for me.

No puddings, and not a running narrative one please - I'd rather have a recipe book, than a thumping good read.
If anyone is looking for a recommendation from me, I'd say Bill Granger's Everyday Asian recipes. I've made a number of dishes from it.

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Gil, The Painter,

Which Cuisine ?

Well, here is an Italian book recommendation ..

Author: The Late Antonio Carlucci ..

Book Title: Italy, Recipes & Customs of Our Regions .. (I have the book in Spanish so title is a direct translation and might differ slightly ) ..

Publisher: Blume ..


Have a nice evening ..

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As I am slightly obsessed with Middle Eastern food, and with Syria I got the Cook for Syria book. It’s recipes contributed by different cooks, and most are good. I have Jack Munro’s version of za’atar in the fridge it’s good though I might use a tad less cumin next time, I ground it fresh and it came out pretty strong.

I might get Bake for Syria too

https://cookforsyria.com/

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

Lovely suggestions, thank you.

Syrian is particularly unusual. Sounds great.
And I haven't got anything Syrian in my bookshelves.

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It has to be admitted that some of the recipes are more “inspired by” than actual Syrian recipes but they are good cooks and as I’ve met a couple I’m fairly reassured that the profits are going in the right direction.

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Sounds grand to me, Sue.

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Gil, The Painter,

In English Or Spanish:

Title: The Book Of Tapas ..

Authors: Simone & Inés Ortega ..

Publisher: Phaidon ..

Recipes: 250 Regional Spanish Tapa Recipes ..

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Thank you again, Member 461.
I know of the Ortegas, as I have their 1080 Spanish recipes bible.

Onto the growing list.

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Gil, The Painter,

Cool .. Pleased to hear it is going on the Christmas Holiday List ..

Lovely book and the Tapas are authentic & traditional ..

Have a nice day ..

[Binky Profile]

The Three Sisters Indian Cookbook is extremely colourful and a pleasure to use. My husband is the curry cook in our house and he always gets good results.

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Hi there, Binky.
And thank you for the recommendation. I actually don't have so much in the way of Indian books.
But we both love the cuisine. In fact, it's our go to restaurant if we want a meal out too.

On the IOW at the weekend, the hotel offered us a 4 course meal for £15 each. You know the type, eaten between 5pm and 6:30.

But we went to an excellent Indian place.

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An exemplary selection, are the Culinaria Series, Published By: H.F. Ullman ..

Each have 500 pages with colored photographs, authentic traditional recipes, product information & the historical
background of the products and the récipes ..

There are numerous countries & regions to choose from including:
The Mid-Eastern Countries
Greece
Italy
France
Spain
The British Isles
The Caribbean Islands
South America
China
The Nordic Countries
South Korea
Japan
North America ( Canada & The Usa )
Australia and New Zealand
Thailand
India
Africa
Eastern Europe
Switzerland and Austria
Germany

Etcetra ..


They are a gold mine of information ..

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Thank you again, Member 461.

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As far as I know all the English language Culinaria are out of print

Mine was bought I think Christmas 2005, and as I said, already out of print then

Good copies sell for £30 - 80 to collectors

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Ah.
Thanks Sue. I really just need a list of accessible decent cookery books.
We used to have a cookery book shop here, where unusual requests would have been found easily. But it closed some years ago.

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Sue,

I am sure there are some copies in English in the 2nd hand book shops and flea markets in The U.K.

I bought mine in F.N.A.C. in Spanish several years ago ..

Perhaps, writing the Publisher might prove fruitful at least for a couple of the editions ..

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Gill, have you got anything by Tessa Kiros? I particularly like Falling Cloudberries, but Mrs B can't get on with it as it is divided geographically, so (for example) the puds are at the end of each chapter and the index is idiosyncratic.

Lots of people on the forums like Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop, but I've only got her Sichuan book. That's pretty good though.

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Falling Cloudberries.
Lovely. Onto the list. I remember looking at it before when you mentioned it. But I didn't buy it for some reason.
Maybe I had kindle version on my mind.
This time, I'm looking for a book.

I do have Every Grain of Rice, and love it.
Sue you recommended it I believe when I was looking for something completely different.

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I do have Every Grain of Rice, and love it.
Sue you recommended it I believe when I was looking for something completely different.

Probably was me, I love the combinaiton of authenticity and practical choice of dishes and instructions for us weterners


I keep thinking I should get into Tessa Kiros

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Quite a few of the Tessa Kiros books seem to be out of print. I've been hunting for Piri Piri Starfish for a while, loth to buy a second hand one online and unseen.

I have noticed that her Recipe Collection is arranged more conventionally than the other books. I haven't bought that, as it's a 'Best Of' and contains recipes I've already got. To be fair, a lot of her recipes are versions of classics that can be found elsewhere. For example, Provence to Pondicherry, is a book of recipes from across the Francophone world. There are two chapters of recipes from France itself, one on Normandy and one Provence (funnily enough). All those recipes might be found elsewhere, including Elizabeth David's books on French cuisine. However, I'm less familiar with the sections from Réunion, Vietnam and Guadeloupe.

The joy of Falling Cloudberries is its variety - recipes from Finland, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and South Africa amongst others, some classics, some new to me, and the obvious love and humanity in the writing. As I said, it winds up Mrs B no end...