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imperfectletter139. ^*The Jewish Princess Cookbook by Georgie Tarn and Tracey Fine (220)
LibraryThing Early Reviewer book
The first thing I noticed when I opened the package was that physically this is a very solid book. It looks solid, it feels solid; it instantly reminded me of some of my parents' older cookbooks that have lasted intact over years or even decades of frequent use. The pages are heavy and the binding is actually sewn, not just glued. There's also plenty of margin space around the recipes for notes, even taking into account the little graphics that are scattered throughout the book. This is a well-designed and well-constructed book that I expect to last a long time.
The introduction (or, introductions - it's separated into four parts) were maybe a bit much, but they were entertaining and sometimes informative to read and obviously don't need to be reread every time you open the book. There are little snippets and jokes peppered throughout the cookbook that are entertaining as well. There are no photographs but there are illustrations similar to the front cover that are amusing and attractive.
Now, I can't say that I read every word on every page, but I did go through all the recipes and flag the ones that immediately look interesting to me. I'm a fairly picky eater, so as I expected I'm not interested in all of them, but that said all of the recipes looked fairly easy to make, with a limited number of ingredients - the introduction said they tried to keep it to ten or less per recipe, many with far fewer, and they are mostly everyday things. I haven't tried cooking them yet - I've only had the book for a day - but my guess is that they're going to be very good indeed. After all, as it says in part 2 of the introduction, "food and eating lie at the very center of Jewish culture." Oh, how very true.
139 / 150 books. 93% done!
67 / 75 *new books. 89% done!
7 / 10 ^non-fiction. 70% done!
37307 / 40000 pages. 93% done!
LibraryThing Early Reviewer book
The first thing I noticed when I opened the package was that physically this is a very solid book. It looks solid, it feels solid; it instantly reminded me of some of my parents' older cookbooks that have lasted intact over years or even decades of frequent use. The pages are heavy and the binding is actually sewn, not just glued. There's also plenty of margin space around the recipes for notes, even taking into account the little graphics that are scattered throughout the book. This is a well-designed and well-constructed book that I expect to last a long time.
The introduction (or, introductions - it's separated into four parts) were maybe a bit much, but they were entertaining and sometimes informative to read and obviously don't need to be reread every time you open the book. There are little snippets and jokes peppered throughout the cookbook that are entertaining as well. There are no photographs but there are illustrations similar to the front cover that are amusing and attractive.
Now, I can't say that I read every word on every page, but I did go through all the recipes and flag the ones that immediately look interesting to me. I'm a fairly picky eater, so as I expected I'm not interested in all of them, but that said all of the recipes looked fairly easy to make, with a limited number of ingredients - the introduction said they tried to keep it to ten or less per recipe, many with far fewer, and they are mostly everyday things. I haven't tried cooking them yet - I've only had the book for a day - but my guess is that they're going to be very good indeed. After all, as it says in part 2 of the introduction, "food and eating lie at the very center of Jewish culture." Oh, how very true.
