What's the group's opinion of this visually attractive line of
cookbooks? I have 3, Thai, America, and World's Healthiest Foods. I
know by the American one that their recipes are pretty authenic, but
am less sure of the foreign ones. Currently, Border's is discounting
the whole line to $10 ea and I was considering buying Mexican and
Indian and maybe Chinese. What say ye rfc'ers!? Worth it for just
the recipes or is my money better spent elswhere?

nb

I don't know, notbob.

I've picked them up a zillion times and always ended up putting them
down; the recipes just didn't seem delicious or doable enough, I
guess. (And I'm a cookbook junkie.)

On the other hand, at ten bucks a pop, it could be fun.

If you do buy one and try it, let us know how it goes!

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery writer

notbob wrote:
> What's the group's opinion of this visually attractive line of
> cookbooks? I have 3, Thai, America, and World's Healthiest Foods. I
> know by the American one that their recipes are pretty authenic, but
> am less sure of the foreign ones. Currently, Border's is discounting
> the whole line to $10 ea and I was considering buying Mexican and
> Indian and maybe Chinese. What say ye rfc'ers!? Worth it for just
> the recipes or is my money better spent elswhere?
>
> nb

On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:09:14 -0600, notbob > wrote:

>What's the group's opinion of this visually attractive line of
>cookbooks? I have 3, Thai, America, and World's Healthiest Foods. I
>know by the American one that their recipes are pretty authenic, but
>am less sure of the foreign ones. Currently, Border's is discounting
>the whole line to $10 ea and I was considering buying Mexican and
>Indian and maybe Chinese. What say ye rfc'ers!? Worth it for just
>the recipes or is my money better spent elswhere?
>
>nb

Ah, another cookbook I bought (5 yr ago) and from which I have yet to
try a recipe. These books do make the "xxx" look gorgeous, if not the
food. I couldn't resist the photos (of Italy).

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

notbob wrote:
>
> What's the group's opinion of this visually attractive line of
> cookbooks? I have 3, Thai, America, and World's Healthiest Foods. I
> know by the American one that their recipes are pretty authenic, but
> am less sure of the foreign ones. Currently, Border's is discounting
> the whole line to $10 ea and I was considering buying Mexican and
> Indian and maybe Chinese. What say ye rfc'ers!? Worth it for just
> the recipes or is my money better spent elswhere?
>
> nb

Nothing wrong with them as far as they go. We bought some at
Sam's/Costco for less than 10 dollars. I don't cook from them as such,
but they are good for information.

In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> What's the group's opinion of this visually attractive line of
> cookbooks? I have 3, Thai, America, and World's Healthiest Foods. I
> know by the American one that their recipes are pretty authenic, but
> am less sure of the foreign ones. Currently, Border's is discounting
> the whole line to $10 ea and I was considering buying Mexican and
> Indian and maybe Chinese. What say ye rfc'ers!? Worth it for just
> the recipes or is my money better spent elswhere?
>
> nb

They are pretty. We have a few of them. The one we use the most is the
Thailand one. SO recommends the Culinaria series. It's a German
publisher (Könemann). We have the Caribbean one. Pretty pictures, good
recipes, and very complete information about cultures. They're hefty
books.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
>
>> What's the group's opinion of this visually attractive line of
>> cookbooks? I have 3, Thai, America, and World's Healthiest Foods. I
>> know by the American one that their recipes are pretty authenic, but
>> am less sure of the foreign ones. Currently, Border's is discounting
>> the whole line to $10 ea and I was considering buying Mexican and
>> Indian and maybe Chinese. What say ye rfc'ers!? Worth it for just
>> the recipes or is my money better spent elswhere?
>>
>> nb
>
> They are pretty. We have a few of them. The one we use the most is the
> Thailand one. SO recommends the Culinaria series. It's a German
> publisher (Könemann). We have the Caribbean one. Pretty pictures, good
> recipes, and very complete information about cultures. They're hefty
> books.
>
> Cindy
>
> --
> C.J. Fuller
>
> Delete the obvious to email me

I have Italy, Chinese and Australia..beautiful books, have tried a few
recipes and they work well

eBay Australia had France and Australia books for auction starting price
$15AUD...about $11US

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:56:31 GMT, "MG" > wrote:

>
>"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
...
>> In article >,
>> notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> What's the group's opinion of this visually attractive line of
>>> cookbooks?

I have Provence, The Beautiful, but it is by an author I highly
respect: Richard Olney. A great book. If this one is available, I
would get it.

Christine