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Brazil: A Cook's Tour

Brazil: A Cook's Tour

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Rating: 0 stars
Summary: Brazil
Review: Brazil has become my playground and my work. This beguiling country is as regional and diverse as the United States, which is especially reflected in its cooking. It is simple, rustic, and sophisticated at once.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: My favorite Cookbook!
Review: Brazil, a cook's tour, is the only Brazilian cookbook that I use, the recipes are not for the beginner and you need to start early if you want to use fresh ingredients. But the end result is worth it. The "Molho de Pimienta Malagueta" is delicious and one of the few things that are easy to do. The "Quindão" is a coconut cake that your kids will love. I always impress my Brazilian friends with the recipes from this book, of course, I keep it a secret. And one of the best parts of this book is how Christopher takes you on his journey around Brazil without you realizing you are reading a cookbook. I love it so much I decide it to feature it in the recipes page of my homepage.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Brazilian Here
Review: I am from Brasil and disagree with the statement that this is not an accurate book. Yes, some recipes have been modified, but they have been modified so that they can be made with ingredients found in the US. I think it's a very colorful and well planned book. I like how it looks at the different foods from the different regions. I myself am from the state of Parana where most of the coffee is grown and a lot of the cattle. I highly recommend this book.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: American living in Brasil
Review: I bought this book after my first year living in Brazil and I have to say, that it's beautiful. The photos are incredible and just make you want to make everything in it.

But it's not too practical for an average cook such as myself.

It's a great book to share the Brazilian culture with people who don't know... but I'm looking for other Brazilian cook books that will be more useful in actually preparing the dishes. The author travels throughout Brazil, so the recipes are very diverse.

I personally use the internet to find my Brazilian recipes, and they've all been great. They're mostly in portuguese though. And I have the benefit of being in Brazil and knowing the dish names so I can look them up.

I haven't found the book very useful at all for it's intended purpose of a cook book. But for showing family and friends... it's beautiful.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Nice photos , a tourist cook's tour, but not a cookbook
Review: I have lived in Brasil for 2 years and I cook everyday. I recieved this book as a gift before I came here. Certainly the photos are nice, and maybe nice reading for some, but it is not a cookbook. THe ingredients are easily obtainable for me, obviously, but the recipes are overly cumbersome, and seem inacurate to me. I've tried a number of them and it seems like whoever the author got the recipes from didn't give him all the secrets. The idea is right, but following these recipes I seem to get a modified version of the real thing. Some of the fruit is inacurately identified. Sao Paulo has thousands of resturants, some are very good, some have big reputations for over priced dishes and unfortunately the author seems to concentrate on these resturants. Food is plentiful in Brasil, the land is rich, and the inventive Brasilians produce a vast variety of wonders to choose from. It is sad that the author missed the opportunity to include the everyday variety and great dishes of the common folk of Brasil.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: good recipes, great travelogue
Review: I used this book as the centerpiece of a gourmet dinner gathering featuring brazilian cuisine. Most of the recipes for the dinner came from this book and all were a hit!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This book is maddening!
Review: Like other reviewers, I was bowled over by the fantastic photos throughout this book. They are really beautiful and take me back to the year I spent in Brazil. My problem with the book is simple: There is no way anyone actually cooked by the majority of these recipies!! Ingredient amounts don't make sense, bowl and dish sizes don't make sense, cooking times don't make sense. Let me give one of the more egregious examples: In the recipie for Bolo de Aipim, the author proposes putting 2 pounds manioc root, 2 cups sugar, 4 eggs, 2 cups milk, and 2 cups coconut milk into a 9"x13" pan. These ingredients wouldn't fit into a pan twice that size! In addition, there is way, way too much liquid. This cake would take over an hour to firm up, not the 30 minutes he recommends. This is just one of dozens of examples.
I am tempted to recommend this book as a coffee table fixture, but I can not even do that. It is irresponsible of this author to write a book with grossly untested recipies. It is a waste of my money on ingredients and my time in the kitchen.
I do not recommend this book to anyone. There are many better choices for Brazilian cooking.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Brazilian Here
Review: The photos are so wonderful!!!!! This cookbook will not only give you great recipes and make your mouth water, but it will also give you a desire to go see for yourself!!! The "wanderlust" adventurer will want to go to the open air markets and try all of the spices and fruits that are not common in the United States. This cookbook is one of those that is also great reading and upon receiving my copy I just wanted to make myself a "Caipirinha" (lime, rum, and sugar drink) and scan all of the beautiful photos and recipe ideas!!! This makes a wonderful gift for all of the cookbook collectors on your list!!! This book has a glossary and also a good source list of ingredients in stores in the U.S. And if the travel bug gets to you...there are some travel suggestions too!!! Don't forget your visa!!! Boa Sorte! (Good Luck)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A gastronomical tour of Brazil all in one gorgeous book!!!
Review: The photos are so wonderful!!!!! This cookbook will not only give you great recipes and make your mouth water, but it will also give you a desire to go see for yourself!!! The "wanderlust" adventurer will want to go to the open air markets and try all of the spices and fruits that are not common in the United States. This cookbook is one of those that is also great reading and upon receiving my copy I just wanted to make myself a "Caipirinha" (lime, rum, and sugar drink) and scan all of the beautiful photos and recipe ideas!!! This makes a wonderful gift for all of the cookbook collectors on your list!!! This book has a glossary and also a good source list of ingredients in stores in the U.S. And if the travel bug gets to you...there are some travel suggestions too!!! Don't forget your visa!!! Boa Sorte! (Good Luck)

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Ingredient Unfriendly
Review: The recipes sound mouthwatering enough, but the ingredients are too difficult to find. And even when I have found the ingredients, the end result is lackluster.


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