The Exotic Kitchens of Peru: The Land of the Inca

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Summary: Inaccurate measurements
Review: A lot of Mark Copeland's measurements are incorrect! The sauces are runny, and most recipes do not taste authentic. Don't waste your time or money with this book.

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Summary: Exotic is true.
Review: Aside from some difficulty in translating recipe names, which read in Spanish make the mouth water, the book offers many delicious recipes among the many more that the Peruvian cuisine offers. Missing from soup recipes from southern Perú is the touch of rocotto (dipped and then taken out)and the splash of lemon. For the best pisco sour try the Biondi pisco from Moquegua, and try to get the South American limes.

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Summary: Exotic is true.
Review: Aside from some difficulty in translating recipe names, which read in Spanish make the mouth water, the book offers many delicious recipes among the many more that the Peruvian cuisine offers. Missing from soup recipes from southern Perú is the touch of rocotto (dipped and then taken out)and the splash of lemon. For the best pisco sour try the Biondi pisco from Moquegua, and try to get the South American limes.

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Summary: que lastima
Review: I eagerly ordered this book, having lived in Peru and wanting to fine tune some of the recipies I had put together from various sources. What a disappointment! While the author touches upon most of the major "platillos Peruanos" he misses the essence and soul of Peruvian cooking. He forgets to sauce the lomito with vinegar or lemon juice the causa--and his seco which should be revoltingly sea green with cilantro boasts a paltry 20 sprigs. Lambert Ortiz is a better bet by far if you want the real thing in my opinion.

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Summary: Surprise!
Review: I have been looking for a good Peruvian Cook book I went to Nobles and also to waldenbooks,I was disapointed to see that they have a place for international food.showing only European Cousine....NOTHING for South America I am very happy to find out that i could find such a good book here in amazon.Thanks!

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Summary: Good for knowledgeable Peruvian cooks
Review: I love Peruvian food, and have been to nearly every Peruvian restaurant in NYC. So, when this book came out, I was ecstatic. However, the cookbook is no good. I made several recipes several times, and they never came out tasting very good. For example Chupe de Camarones. I've had some awesome Peruvian shrimp soup in the restaurant. However, even though I got to know my local fishstore well in the process of making my own stock for the three attempts at this soup, and even though I tried the different version, the result was consistently dissappointing. I asked Peruvian friends I knew what they would recommend, and their spice suggestions were much better, plus they had more detailed advice about how long to cook the shrimp than the book. The book leaves out too much. Perhaps it is best seen as the first rough draft for a Peruvian cookbook in English. In the process of revising it, maybe it could get much better.

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Summary: Food of Peru is Better Than This Book
Review: I love Peruvian food, and have been to nearly every Peruvian restaurant in NYC. So, when this book came out, I was ecstatic. However, the cookbook is no good. I made several recipes several times, and they never came out tasting very good. For example Chupe de Camarones. I've had some awesome Peruvian shrimp soup in the restaurant. However, even though I got to know my local fishstore well in the process of making my own stock for the three attempts at this soup, and even though I tried the different version, the result was consistently dissappointing. I asked Peruvian friends I knew what they would recommend, and their spice suggestions were much better, plus they had more detailed advice about how long to cook the shrimp than the book. The book leaves out too much. Perhaps it is best seen as the first rough draft for a Peruvian cookbook in English. In the process of revising it, maybe it could get much better.

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Summary: Good for knowledgeable Peruvian cooks
Review: This cookbook was a christmas gift from my peruvian husband. He has been pleasantly surprised by many of the regional recipes that can be found in this book. However, the author does leave elements of some recipes out..and he does have some ingredient amounts wrong. If you have a peruvian in the house or are familiar with peruvian cuisine I would recommend this book, we have thoroughly enjoyed many of the recipes..but only because we can catch many of the author's mistakes.