I got stuck in the cajun section...don't think I tried anything out of that section yet...must do so...The Jambalaya is amazing. It's a massive massive pan full (lots of these recipes are huge) And I have fed many people with it. It's quite expensive but you can save bits of meat and prawns etc when you're using them for other meals. Lovely book. Clear instructions, nice pictures. My only gripe?....I have a garlic allergy and find it features heavily ( like whole bulbs) in most things. I omit it but feel that I'm not tasting anything near the expected outcome. But still the food tastes great. I've made about a quarter to one half of the recipes in this cookbook. Maybe buying a cookbook on American cooking by a Brit was a mistake. I'd say that this cookbook favors pics over precision in the recipes and the lack precision which was frustrating. I followed the peach cobbler recipe precisely and it ended up a mess (though it did taste good). Do not, let me repeat, do not even attempt the "Cowboy Apple Pancakes"---what a disaster. The gumbo recipe isn't bad. If you don't know how to boil H20 for pasta, I'd stay away because you'll needmore instruction.
From this book, I finally got to the bottom of an age-old question - what exactly is horchata?
—Kat
Excellent book with excellent recipes, I am going to prepare some. Some?! A lot...
—michelle
I really like cooking and so I took a look at this book.
—Maleeha
just got this from amazon. can't wait to dig in...
—Nichole
Great cook book, going to buy this one!
—salaf
