Seductions of Rice: A Cookbook

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Summary: No pictures of the recipes!
Review: This book is beautiful and informative, and full of color photographs. However, only a few of these photographs are of the finished dishes themselves. You'll see people in markets, rice paddies, rice for sale, landscapes, fish, vegetables, etc. The few photographs of dishes are on the cover and in a small section in the middle of the book. The caption under the photograph refers to the page with the recipe, but not vice versa, so the recipe does not lead you to the picture. Of approximately one hundred recipes, only about 25 have photographs of the finished dish. Also, about a third of the recipes don't feature rice itself, but are of dishes to be eaten with rice. I was looking for a book with lots of recipes using rice, and with color photos of the finished product. This book is not exactly that. There is a great recipe for tofu with tomatoes and coriander (where's the rice?), the rice-stuffed grape leaves are good as well. There is a lot of information about rice as a crop, different kinds of rice, etc.

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Summary: Great!
Review: This cookbook is the best I own. I first sat down and read it like a normal book, because it is so interesting. I learned a lot about rice! I use this book often because the recipes are excellent and easy enough for my busy schedule.