Rating: - An education in vegetable preparation
Arto der Haroutunian is in fine form here, expanding his usual culinary boundaries of the Mediterranean and Middle East to the whole world. This is not a vegetarian cookbook as the author points but a celebration of vegetable cookery from Serbia to Sweden, Brazil to Burma and most places in between. Scarcely a vegetable forgotten as we sample potatos from Peru, Ponkie from Ghana, Afganistan style kohlrabi and Libyan fried salsify. Virtually all recipes are embellished with anecdotes from throughout history, as the author takes us on a wonderful journey through time and space. You will find no rice or pasta dishes here, this is a book where the vegetable stands up for itself. I have recently bought a replacement copy as my old one has seen ... Read More: