Rating: 
Summary: All menu items we've tried have been great!
Review: After watching Joanne Weir's cooking show on PBS, we decided to find her cookbook and try the recipes ourselves. We have now cooked five items out of the book and all have been great. They are easy to follow recipes and the food is delicious. This is now becoming the book to give to friends for birthdays and holidays.
Rating:
Summary: Simplicity & Balance
Review: For years I've been in and around the preparation of delicious foods. I've worked the family's restaurant, read the books and took the courses. I've achieved on some occasions, with a bit of luck admittingly, fantastic culinary creations from my kitchen. Still many of my efforts have fallen short due to a certain missing ingredient. Not an herb, not a spice, not a procedural mistake but an unknown ingredient. Joanne Weir's brilliant book, "Recipes from the Wine Country", after preparing 6 of her magical dishes, revealed the missing ingredient.... Simplicity & Balance... Her understanding of this and the way she conveys it in her book makes it not a book of cooking but a book of Magic. Giovanni D'Alo'
Rating:
Summary: This is a must have cookbook!!!
Review: I am by no means a gourmet, but you would never know it now that I have this wonderful book. There are so many great recipes I find myself cooking more than ever. You can easily follow each recipe and will be amazed at the results. The book itself is beautiful and Joanne has a real knack for storytelling. I cant wait for her next book.
Rating:
Summary: cooking made fun and easy
Review: I am thoroughly enjoying this cookbook! Plus, it is so helpful to actually see Joanne Weir make these dishes on her PBS show. I am fortunate enough to have attended one of Joanne's cooking classes. She makes cooking fun and simple, even for those of us who feel so clumsy in the kitchen! Thank you to this cook who is sharing her culinary skills!
Rating: 
Summary: wonderful to look at and great recipes, a lot of work
Review: I loved this show on PBS partly because she made it seem so easy. Her recipes didn't seem as easy in the book, and my family probably wouldn't eat most of them, but I still loved it! (I would certainly eat them, they all contain such interesting and fresh ingredients.) Overall, I really like her and her cookbook, she's such an opptimist (and her cookbook reflects that).
Rating:
Summary: Great food, beautiful book
Review: I received this book as a gift and have been given it to others as well. The layout is terrific and the quality of the photos are as gorgeous as the scenes in her series on tv. I use this book often, but always have it out just so guests can view it. I highly recommend it!
Rating: 
Summary: recipe for sausage and carmelized apples and pears was missi
Review: I recently purchased this book and have not cooked from it as yet. However, I specifically wanted the recipe for pork sausages baked with carmelized apples and pears and was disappointed that it was not included in the book. Can you tell me how I can get it, or why it was not published?
Rating:
Summary: Recipes that Work!
Review: I've tried many of the recipes in this book and they have been terrific. They all have great flavor and have been big hits. Great soup recipes are not easy to come by but Joanne has succeeded -- the Asparagus Soup with Lemon Creme Fraiche and the Roasted Acorn Squash Soup with Toasted Walnut Butter are two of the best!
Rating:
Summary: Fresh and Healthy
Review: I, like many other readers, bought this cookbook after watching Joanne Weir prepare most of these recipes on PBS. Her ingredients are fresh, healthy and simple and they seemed to result in delicious meals. I also loved the fact that as a chef she seemed very at ease and therefore her recipes must reflect her basic approach. (That woman can use a butcher's knife in practically any situation!) I'm not very fond of long, involved recipes and have not yet encountered a problem with anything I have made, my only regret being that I wish that I had ingredients that look as ripe and fresh as Joanne's! I plan on ordering her next book as soon as possible.
Rating:
Summary: AWESOME!
Review: Impressed by Joanne Weir's PBS show, I bought this book from Amazon and I am SO glad I did. The book is beautiful with lots of great pictures. The colored cover looks exactly like the dust jacket as opposed to some plain cardboard paper used in most hardbound books. The quality of the paper is also amazing. However, this book is more than just a pretty cookbook you put on your coffee table. It's full of great and inspiring recipes. It has inspired me to eat healthy and use more fresh in-season produce in my cooking instead of serving my family something frozen or canned. Some recipes call for ingredients that are only available in upscale supermarkets (truffle oil, some gourmet cheeses, prociutto, pancetta, creme fraiche). But don't let that turn you off. I have learned to use things that I have never used in my cooking before and it's been a fun adventure. So far, I have tried 8 recipes and they all turned out wonderfully. My favorite recipe is "Crispy Polenta Cakes with Wild Mushroom Ragout". It's out of this world. "Pizza with Asparagus, Prociutto, and Truffle Oil", "Wild Mushroom and Blue Cheese Crostini", and "Coffee Honey Brulee" are also terrific. I highly recommend this book.
| 
