A Culinary Voyage Through Germany

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Summary: Culinary Tour through Germany with Recipes & Photos
Review: Former chancellor's wife Hannelore Kohl with able assistance from her husband and Chef Schuhbeck guide us through Germany region by region.

Spectacular in its photography and intros to each region, they then share some of the local specialty dishes of each with great flair and color.

Lots of good basic dishes here with some exotic, more complex as well. Technique and availability of ingredients should be no barrier to even the average home cook.

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Summary: Does this reflect "echtes" German cooking?
Review: The recipes do not reflect the REAL German cuisine and believe me German cuisine EXISTS My German favorites (Knodel,Sauerbraten ...) have been "entstellt".

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Summary: Arrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhh --- my heart! It's exploding!
Review: This is probably one of the least health-conscious cookbooks to come out in quite some time. The 300-lb-plus Helmut Kohl took time off from his work impersonating dirigibles & blimps to try and kill us all with he & his wife's recipes. Granted, German cuisine is not exactly renowned for being low in calories or cholesterol, but this cookbook takes the cuisine's tendencies to their ugly extremes. The photography is great, and the recipes (at least the ones I had the nerve to prepare) are pretty tasty, but unless you want to kill yourself in short order, you should use this cookbook with great discretion.