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Summary: Very very good!!!
Review: I have this book (a friend bought it for me from Amazon). It's quite good, detailed, with lots of great pictures. A definite must-buy for someone who wants to offer someting different to himself or his guests.
BTW, about the "Editorial review" : Swig of "raki"????!!! for everyone to know, "raki" is a traditional Greek drink (particularly coming from the Island of Crete-I should know I live on it), made by distilled grape juice every September to end of October. Turks took this drink and use it (while been in Greece for 400 years), but it's not traditional Turkish in any way... plus the fact that Turks are Islamists and thay are not supposed to drink... right???
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Summary: Nice but needs some help ...
Review: I really wanted to like this book especially since I purchased four others in the Lonely Planet Food Guide series in the same Amazon order. I gave it three stars because of the outstanding photography throughout which is hallmark of the Lonely Planet Travel Guides. There is a terrific section on shopping in the marketplaces and "where to eat".Be prepared for British English and terminology, and for metric measures. Prepare to locate items such as 500g of drained vine leaves and 250g of puff pastry and convert measurements from a table on the back cover. Not difficult, just inconvenient. But the most annoying aspect of this book was the writing. Frequently I would find myself having to read sentences two or three times to determine what was being conveyed. Such as the author's saying that the Turks "have been noodling for some time" (meaning making pasta) ... or describing losing one's appetite as a "tummy plummet". He describes baklava as the "swooniest sweet thang". Men were described as "blokes" or "mates" from time to time. Get ready for words like "groovy", "shebang", "squelchy", "munchies". Almost immediately I began to feel that the book was written by an adolescent. Note: A glance at the other four seemed to avoid the weak attempts at humor). In fact, all of the Lonely Planet Food Guides have been written by people who have authored earlier Lonely Planet TRAVEL Guides and therein lies the problem in my opinion. I would love to see these compact, well photographed, affordable books written by a food professional who is intimately acquainted with the culture, history and people of the featured country.
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Summary: 'Word Food Turkey' wins runner-up award
Review: March 9, 2001. It's official! WF-T earns runner-up spot for Andre Simon Award. Lonely Planet was one of five runner-up winners in the food section of the Andre Simon Memorial Fund 2000 Book Awards announced in London last night. Its winner was World Food Turkey - competing against the likes of Nigel Slater who was the (overall) winner with Real Food and Rick Stein's Seafood Lover's Guide. WFT was described by the panel as 'excellent' and 'groundbreaking' in its approach to food travel writing.
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Summary: Short-listed for 'The Andre Simon Book Award'
Review: We are pleased to advise that our *World Food Turkey* in collaboration with Dani Valent has been chosen as one of the books short-listed for 'The Andre Simon Memorial Fund Book Awards 2000'. These awards have been established in the UK since 1978. One of objective of the Fund is: "to benefit the public generally in the fields of food and drink, and one of the ways in which the Fund tries to meet this objective is through its book awards". Winners from previous years include: Rick Stein, Ken Hom, Jane Grigson and Josceline Dimbleby . In 2000, *World Food Turkey* has been short listed alongside the company of: 'Appetite' by Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate) 'Cooking at the Merchant House' by Shaun Hill (Conran Octopus) 'Flavours' by Donna Hay (Murdoch) 'No Place Like Home' by Rowley Leigh (Fourth Estate) 'Pickled, Potted and Canned' by Sue Shepherd (Headline) 'Rick Stein's Seafood Lover's Guide' by Rick Stein (BBC) The Andre Simon Memorial Fund will be staging a reception to announce the winners of the food and drink awards and the special commendation award. It will be held in London in March 2001, date and venue to be confirmed. Jim and Perihan Masters P.S. Come join us at the 'Learning Practical Turkish' website for more on the subject of Turkey, its language, and its food! j&p
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Summary: Short-listed for 'The Andre Simon Book Award'
Review: We are pleased to advise that our *World Food Turkey* in collaboration with Dani Valent has been chosen as one of the books short-listed for 'The Andre Simon Memorial Fund Book Awards 2000'. These awards have been established in the UK since 1978. One of objective of the Fund is: "to benefit the public generally in the fields of food and drink, and one of the ways in which the Fund tries to meet this objective is through its book awards". Winners from previous years include: Rick Stein, Ken Hom, Jane Grigson and Josceline Dimbleby . In 2000, *World Food Turkey* has been short listed alongside the company of: 'Appetite' by Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate) 'Cooking at the Merchant House' by Shaun Hill (Conran Octopus) 'Flavours' by Donna Hay (Murdoch) 'No Place Like Home' by Rowley Leigh (Fourth Estate) 'Pickled, Potted and Canned' by Sue Shepherd (Headline) 'Rick Stein's Seafood Lover's Guide' by Rick Stein (BBC) The Andre Simon Memorial Fund will be staging a reception to announce the winners of the food and drink awards and the special commendation award. It will be held in London in March 2001, date and venue to be confirmed. Jim and Perihan Masters P.S. Come join us at the 'Learning Practical Turkish' website for more on the subject of Turkey, its language, and its food! j&p
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