Dominican Cookbook (La Cocina Dominicana)

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Summary: Great book but the price in the US is too high. Buy in DR.
Review: I aplaud the author of this book for writing such a comprehensive book with the favorite Dominican recipes. I'm a Dominican myself, one who can cook, and I can assure you that the recipes in this book are really what the Dominican people
cook in Dom. Rep.
However, I must question the price of this book in the US.
I've been wanting to buy the book for a while, but decided not to buy it until I went to DR and compared to the price there. I finally went to DR on vacation and bought the collector's edition of the book for RD$600.00 which is now (as of Sept 2004) equivalent to US$15.00. Now, why is the book selling in the US for approximately US$200.00? And who is paying this kind of $$ for the book? If you want this book, I suggest that you take a great vacation to DR, enjoy yourself, and buy the book there for US$15.00. Or ask a friend to bring it for you.

I gave my 5 stars on the review because I'm rating the book's content, not the price.

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Summary: A Dominican's Dream
Review: I love this book and it is such a pity I can't find it anymore except for overpriced used copies. I am the envy of my family for having this book in my possession. My Dominican mother never had the patience to teach me how to cook and after moving out I missed eating Dominican food. Buying this book was a godsend. I can reproduce all the meals I grew up with and they taste just like Mom's and some are even better! - Sorry Mami ;-)

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Summary: This book it's too expensive
Review: I think that a book that's from a country where the minimun salary is less than US$1,000.00 A YEAR, should not be sale at US$195. The autor should not allow that.

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Summary: THE BEST !!!
Review: I was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to the States when I was 10 years old. I treasured going back on my summer vacations and eating the incredible food of the D.R.
I am now 27, and have desperately tried for years to find the traditional recepies of REAL DOMINICAN COOKING, but have always come to a halt, until I came accross this AMAZING COOKBOOK.
The recipes are so easy to follow and the results are incredible. I would personlly like to thank the author for providing the " DOMINICANOS AUSENTES" the ability to feel a little closer to home with these wonderful recipes.
"Gracias por crear estas recetas tan deliciosas, y darnos a todos un poquito de ese calor dominicano dentro de nueatras comidas !!!!!!!!"
Analia

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Summary: Review
Review: It is a pity that, among the annual Nobel Prize awards, the arduous field-work of gastronomic literature in not taken under consideration because it tries to incorporate the recipe's criteria with multiple variables, especially when it is related to the typical cooking of an area, or country, such as the Dominican Republic, a small Caribbean island that has as many culinary versions as the many provinces into which it is divided. And I regret this absence because I would like to have seen among the Nobel Prize's candidates this book of María Ramírez de Carías, who, because of her diligence and researching conditions, as well as her knowledge of the culinary art, has been able to penetrate the most authentic recipes of the almost unknown Dominican gastronomy, so rich in condiments and influences. I have always thought that the serious study of the diverse quality of Dominican cooking is a worthy task, starting out by rescuing so many typical recipes, desserts, beverages, and drinks, that a busy modern life has been leaving obsolete.

This book completely fulfills that task. That is why I consider it worthy of the highest recognition given in the Dominican Republic, the Gastronomic Merit Medal, an annual prize given during the Dominican Gastronomic Festival.

Simón Romero Activities Director Dominican Republic's Tourism Office