Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:45:49 -0400, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Did you get Culinaria China?
> No, I didn't. I even had a B&N certificate for $25 bucks I needed to
> use up and couldn't think of anything I wanted for almost free except
> for that. I read a few more reviews, one a scathing review by
> somebody familiar with the rest of the series and that convinced me to
> give the coupon to somebody else.
>
>> If so, what do you think of it? I
>> saw it at Borders in Boston yesterday and took a quick look. The
>> first thing I noticed was that its recipe index sucked. The
>> second thing I noticed was that this tome actually contains very
>> few recipes. (Wasn't that your complaint re Thai Street Food?)
>
> Yes. I don't remember any text in that book.
>
>> And those recipe didn't look extra-special either. Thus, I
>> probably would only buy this on a huge discount--like if Borders
>> was selling at at $4.95 like it did some of the other Culinaria
>> volumes. Heck, I might even go to $9.99, but I'm not sure about that
>
> $9.95 is lowest I've seen for certain countries that they've
> reprinted. But your notes match the other reviewers. he says that it
> was more a superficial culture book than a food book. There wasn't
> even a mention of noodles and other staples you'd expect to see.
>
> The critical review was:
> <http://www.amazon.com/review/R3NQUDDQP1TQR2/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=3833149957&nodeID=2 83155&tag=&linkCode=>
> (with a comment from me afterwards)
>
> -sw

And here I was so excited about this after you mentioned it. Even
when I saw it on the shelf when I went to get the new book by
Sanjeev Kapoor. I am REALLY glad I looked at it. I am somewhat
mystified, because other Culinaria volumes have been quite good.

My now-defunct Borders (the one in the 'burbs, not the big one in
Boston) had some of those volumes for $4.95! That was kind-of
odd, because I was seeing them at higher prices elsewhere. I
probably committed some strategic errors, because I couldn't
remember which ones I had and which I needed. Many of my books
have never been shelved, and I am now working on that. (What a
pain, splicing the ones that had been shelved and those that have
not been shelved, sorted, logged, etc.)