Friday, January 14, 2022

Cookbooks Review: Jan 14

  


 
Greek Takeout Cookbook: Favorite Greek Takeout Recipes to Make at Home by Lina Chang
Starts with table of contents where recipes are in food and meal categories.
Offer of free ebook cookbooks.  Intro talks about history, culture and foods of the area and what they are specifically.
Cooking methods and how they cook, in what pans, etc are discussed.
Each recipe starts with a title, servings, prep and cook time. Medium size color photo.
List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.
Some recipes have a large amount of ingredients, be sure to have them all.
Directions are given. There is NO nutritional information.
Like the idea of what else to serve some foods with at the end.
Love seafood section the best because it's foods I love and they are fresh.
Love vegetable combinations tossed together also. I can't wait to try lemon potatoes, unique flavor with haddock we will have tonight.
There is no time for baklava but if you've ever made it you know how long it takes.
Conclusion and authors other works are listed at th eend along with request for a review.
Image credits are also noted at the end.
Authors other works are highlighted at the end.
Appendix of cooking conversion charts are included.
Not sure what restaurant serves Greek food but interesting to be able to make these at home.
A KEEPER!

 




Essential Asian Cooking: From Tokyo to Thailand Discover Asian Cooking with Delicious Asian Recipes by BookSumo Press
Table of contents where recipes are listed by country. Common abbreviations chart is enclosed.
Each recipe starts with a title. There are NO recipe pictures.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.
Some recipes have a large number of ingredients be sure to have them all.
Directions are given.
Servings, prep cook and total time is ncluded.
Some nutritional information per 2k diet : calories, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, protein, cholesterol and sodium.
Love combinations of food in stir fry, can't wait to try a few.

 



Easy Filipino Cookbook (Filipino Cooking, Filipino Recipes, Filipino Cookbook, Filipino Cuisine, Filipino Food 1) by Maggie Chow
This book starts with offer of free ebooks, about the author and short intro.
Table of contents where recipes are not in any specific order.
Each recipe starts with a title, translation also in some recipes,
List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.
Directions are given: servings, and prep and cook and total times.
Nutritonal info on 2K diet : calories, carbs, cholesterol, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, fiber, protein and sodium.
We were lucky to have a man live in the apartment upstairs that would share his food from his homeland. Very flavorful and lots of healthy spcies and herbs.
About the publisher, other works by the author and request for a review are listed at the end.
Very authentic flavorings.





Easy Cajun Cookbook: Authentic Cajun and Creole Cooking by Maggie Chow
Book starts with offer of free ebooks, about the author, intro about the book, table of contents where recipes are  not listed in any specific order.
Common abbbreviations is charteed. Each recipe starts with a title.
List of ingredients are included and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low fat, low sugar and fresh vs. canned items.
Some recipes have a LOT of ingredients, be sure to have them all.
Directions are given.
There are NO recipe pictures. Number of servings per dish is included.
Prep and cook and total time is listed.
Nutritonal information : calories, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad, carbs, protein, cholesterol and sodium based on 2k calorie diet.
I would think with all the spcies that you'd not be able to taste them all. I was always taught to not use more then three at a time or you'd not be able to taste the enhanced food.
Seasoning mixes are also included at the very start so you can make your own for the recipes.
Free ebooks are listed at the end, links to contact the author, request for a review and other works by the author are higlighted.





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