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Summary: A fascinating guide to American foods
Review: America's diversity of ingredients, foods, styles, and recipes is so very well documented in this guide. Reading this will make one want to visit every region of America to sample the delicacies. It's really more of an encyclopedia as there are numerous explanations of culinary techniques and facts about ingredients highligted by rich, colorful photography. Food and cooking enthusiasts of all levels will find this book informative and entertaining. The writing is excellent and very very readable. As one reviewer already stated, the biggest drawback is the book's weight. Frankly, it's worth the extra few pounds.
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Summary: Culinaria: The United Sytates
Review: As a professional chef and culinary instructor, I found this volume to be an excellent resource of American cuisine. The recipes are fairly basic, but the history behind regional culinary traditions is vast and informative. I recommend all the volumes in this series to chefs and home cooks very highly.
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Summary: Culinaria USA has been nominated for two prestigious awards.
Review: Culinaria: The United States has just been nominated for the Julia Child Cookbook Award (category 'American'). Winners will be announced at the International Association of Culinary Professional's Annual Conference on May 14th in Phoenix. Culinaria: The United States has also been nominated for the James Beard Foundation Awards. The winner will be announced on May 3rd in New York City.
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Summary: Finally!
Review: For once there is a culinary book that does justice to each of the individual, and exceptional, regions of the United States: the cuisine from Louisiana isn't restricted to the usual red beans and rice or jambalaya; the coast isn't simply seafood; Texas is more than beef and brisket. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This book is outstanding in not only the recipes, but the overall atmosphere given to the diverse sections of the country. As a senior high school student, I respect and value the differences between the states and surrounding areas, and Culinaria is one such informational text that depicts this diversity, and then some.
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Summary: what a book
Review: How would I know, I have not received it, and I ordered it three months ago!
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Summary: Culinaria- The book that I've been waiting for...
Review: I got this, and I love it! The recipe's are delicous, the information is helpful and useful, and the pictures are sharp and clear. If you can cook at all, this is a MUST have.
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Summary: Good "niche" cook book
Review: This book is a great special interest book. If you are looking for an extensive encyclopedia of recipes and techniques, this book is not for you. However, if you would like to explore the culinary specialities of the many varied regions of the United States, this is a great book.Visually, the book is very impressive. The surrounding pictures and text describe the region and the culture, putting the recipies in context. It is this extra material that makes trying out these recipies so much fun. The recipies themselves vary in the level of difficulty, preparation and practicality. Again, pick your experiment and get started as you have time. Overall, it is one of the better written books in the series. This book was well worth the investment and is an interesting read.
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Summary: Good "niche" cook book
Review: This book is a great special interest book. If you are looking for an extensive encyclopedia of recipes and techniques, this book is not for you. However, if you would like to explore the culinary specialities of the many varied regions of the United States, this is a great book. Visually, the book is very impressive. The surrounding pictures and text describe the region and the culture, putting the recipies in context. It is this extra material that makes trying out these recipies so much fun. The recipies themselves vary in the level of difficulty, preparation and practicality. Again, pick your experiment and get started as you have time. Overall, it is one of the better written books in the series. This book was well worth the investment and is an interesting read.
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Summary: A virtual feast for the eyes!
Review: This is a beautiful book with its lovely color photography and interesting text about the various food interests of our country's many regions. I was disappointed, however, to find a number of errors in the book, primarily in relation to the pictures (e.g., a sequence of photographs not being in the correct order for their captions, a reference to Chicago being located on Lake Superior). As an avid collector of cookbooks (and a lifetime Chicagoan), I had a hard time getting past these errors, so I returned the book. Otherwise, it is an impressive book, in size and beauty.
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Summary: An incredible resource for cooking and learning
Review: This is a huge, massive, gorgeous resource, loaded with not only many, many good recipies, but fascinating American food culture history. The page after page of full color photos are spectacular. The layout is terrific, presenting neat facts about our favorite foods in an inviting, fun way. American specialties presented by region. A true masterpiece. If you like the show "Unwrapped" you will especially love this book, which presents food facts, culture, and history in a similar way.
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