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Summary: An excellent overview of Basque culinary tradition
Review: "The Basque Table" author Teresa Barrenechea asserts that the Basques are even more enamored of food and cooking than the French. There is a strong seafood tradition here, as well as a hearty embrace of meat. A recipe for roast suckling pig is given, not to mention recipes for oxtails, braised rabbit, venison, and sundry organ meats. I didn't happen to have a suckling pig handy, but the pinchos (like Spanish tapas) I made from these recipes were yummy.Co-author Mary Goodbody is, as I understand it, adept at putting non-American cookbooks into American terms for ease of use. If that was her job here, she did it superbly. There's nothing the average (or even slightly less than average) American cook can't try in "The Basque Table." As for complaints that the book shows too much Spanish influence, all I can say is get out your globe and take a look. The Basques live wedged between Spain and France so it's entirely natural that their cuisine would be heavily influenced by those two countries. The beauty of the Basque cuisine is that it plucks what it likes from Spanish and French cooking and makes it wholly Basque.
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Summary: An excellent overview of Basque culinary tradition
Review: "The Basque Table" author Teresa Barrenechea asserts that the Basques are even more enamored of food and cooking than the French. There is a strong seafood tradition here, as well as a hearty embrace of meat. A recipe for roast suckling pig is given, not to mention recipes for oxtails, braised rabbit, venison, and sundry organ meats. I didn't happen to have a suckling pig handy, but the pinchos (like Spanish tapas) I made from these recipes were yummy. Co-author Mary Goodbody is, as I understand it, adept at putting non-American cookbooks into American terms for ease of use. If that was her job here, she did it superbly. There's nothing the average (or even slightly less than average) American cook can't try in "The Basque Table." As for complaints that the book shows too much Spanish influence, all I can say is get out your globe and take a look. The Basques live wedged between Spain and France so it's entirely natural that their cuisine would be heavily influenced by those two countries. The beauty of the Basque cuisine is that it plucks what it likes from Spanish and French cooking and makes it wholly Basque.
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Summary: Excellent, easy to follow and amazingly authentic.
Review: After having had the privilege of visiting Mrs. Barrenecheas Manhattan Restaurant, it was no surprise to find her book as fresh, authentic, simple and yet magnificent as her superb food. Her personality, and that of the Basque Country, are blended in the unique flavors of her recepies.
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Summary: An interesting history of basque cooking
Review: After reading Barrenechea's The Basque Table I have definitely changed my idea of what a well written cook book is all about. First of all her portrayal of the Basque Region gives the reader an insight into traditional cooking and culture a difficult task for anyone who knows what the Basque region and its people are like.
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Summary: Real, real Basque cuisine.
Review: Finaly I've found a book with basque recipes in the way we like them in Spain.
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Summary: Delightful recepies. Written exquisitely.
Review: For all those in love with Basque food...this is the definitive book! Ms. Barrenechea takes you on a delightful tour of the most exquisite recipies from this rich region of Spain. Highly recommended.
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Summary: A complete trip to real home cooking in the Basque Country
Review: Having been exposed to the Basque culture while growing up in the Basque Country I can only congratulate Ms. Barrenechea for this wonderful book. I found in it all the dishes I was used to while at home elaborated in the same real and traditional way. This book really makes me feel closer to home.
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Summary: Her book is the only complete Basque Cookbook
Review: Her Book is the best Basque Cook book on the market. We are a cooking equipment store and cooking school for the chef at home. Boise Idaho host the largest population of Basque people outside of Spain. He is exactly right with ingrediants and steps in preparing Basque Foods.
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Summary: An extraordinary book to keep it next to the pots
Review: I am delighted to read The Basque Table, more over to try the recepies. Just a perfect gift for those who love to eat real Basque cuisine. Congratulations!
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Summary: Excellent and entertaining. A great way to cook and enjoy !
Review: I am enjoying this cookbook tremendously. Besides providing excellent recipes(and unlike many cookbooks I have), it does not make great mysteries out of the dishes; in addition, the stories accompanying each recipe provide a cultural and personal background making it even more enjoyable. Basque cooking is one of the best of the world, and Teresa Barrenechea provides the evidence with this book. She is a great teacher and cook as customers to her restaurant, Marichu, in New York are already well aware. Congratulations!
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