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1 comments about Sabores De Portugal / Flavors of Portugal.

1. The author gathered Portuguese recipes from family and friends for her Flavors of Portugal, so the book holds many surprises you won't discover in competing Portuguese cookbooks. Color photos pack a survey that also includes both cultural notes and insights on recipe origins and oddities. Dishes such as Traditional Oven-Roasted Sardines and Shrimp Rissoles make the most of seafood, so access to a good fresh seafood market is essential. Readers with such access will find this a very inviting guide to not just the cuisine of Portugal, but its culture.

4 comments about Taste of Macau: Portuguese Cuisine on the China Coast.

1. What an original idea for a cookbook! Being from a Portuguese background and having been raised on traditional Portuguese cuisine, I am always on the look out for new Portuguese cookbooks to help keep the memory of my cultural background alive and well...and I was surprised, but excited when I came accross this title on the website and had to buy it. I was not dissapointed. Colorfull, Informative and full of interesting (yet Im sure very tasty) recipies combining some traditional portuguese cuisine with an Asian twist. I cant wait to try them all. Obrigado Amazon.com!!!!



2. For more thing on Macau, visit my website : My Olive Tree (www.pretogrosso.com)
   
   Annabel Jackson's Taste of Macau (Portuguese Cuisine on the China Coast) is an exceptional good cookbook and history lesson for those interested in the heritage of Macanese foods. The book does very well to integrate both culinary and cultural history for the reader. And also it contains secret, interesting and closely guarded Macanese recipes!
   
   This book also attempt to preserve and share, for the first time, a very import aspect of the Macanese world. The author has spent almost 10 years collecting and testing these heritages recipes, getting in touch with the Macanese diaspora, and asking them to reflect back and write about food in Macau.
   
   There's even a poem on secret family recipes & 6 interviews with Macanese and their memory of childhood & foods.
   
   Recipes:
   a) Soups & Starters:
   13 types of dishes including Almondegas (Minced Pork Patties), Pasteis de Bacalhau (Salted Cod Cakes), Rissois (Shrimp Rissoles) etc
   
   b) Fish & Seafood:
   12 types of dishes including Bacalhau a Penha (Salt Cod in Penha Hill style), Gambas a Macau (King Prawns with Chilli & Garlic), Lulas Rechedas (Stuffed Squid) etc
   
   c) Meat:
   19 types of dishes including Capela (Meat Loaf), Pato Tamarinho (Tamarind Duck), Vaca Estufada I (Rich Beef Stew), etc
   
   d) Vegetables:
   5 types of dishes including Amargoso Lorcha (BitterGourd in Coconut Milk) , Sambal de Bringella (Eggplant Sambal) etc
   
   e) Rice & Noodles
   4 type of dishes including Arroz Carregado (Pressed Rice), Lacassa (Noodles in Shrimp Broth)
   
   f) Desserts
   9 type of dishes including Bagi (Glutinous Rice Cake), Bolo Menino (Nut Cake), Pudim de Sagu (Sago Pudding) etc



3. The book arrived ontime. This is a great book for those who appreciate Macau cooking or who are up for trying some new recipes, especially seafood recipes. It is difficult to locate Macau recipes so I am glad that this book is readily available in the US. Some of the recipes are familiar to me and some I do not recall ever having. Macau dishes are more on the portuguese side with a bit of influence from indian, thailand, chinese, or some other ethnicity. It contains the history of macau, interviews with various people and over 60 recipes. I haven't tried the recipes yet but I am sure I can adjust the ingredients to my preference if necessary.



4. There are several flaws with this book. First, it is very poorly constructed and cheaply bound. Upon the first opening the pages will fall out. Second, the pictures are not very well executed and printed. Washed out colors, uninspiring pictures. Usually, good cookbooks will carry photographs that come close to food porn. Not in this book. Lastly, some recipes are plain-out wrong. I followed the recipe for the famous Macao dish galinha portuegesa. It was a disaster. I think the author did not do her homework on this book, a poor excuse for a cookbook. Buyer beware...

2 comments about How To Pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names (Let's Learn!).

1. Diana Belucci's newest reference title isn't just a another dictionary of pronunciation as might be anticipated: rather, How To Pronounce French, German And Italian Wine Names creates and presents a complete method of learning pronunciation to provide keys to the phonetic pronunciation of over 15,000 wine terms, regions, and grape varieties in five different languages. How To Pronounce French, German And Italian Wine Names could've appeared in our 'Literary' or 'Languages' section but deserves mention here for its in-depth interest to wine buffs.



2. It helped me to pronounce the French wine names like a Frenchmen & Spanish wine like a Spaniard and so on. I am no longer worried about someone in the audience trying to correct my pronunciations. Further it has very comprehensive coverage, I found almost all names that I wanted to pronounce in this book." It real is great value

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5 comments about Portuguese Homestyle Cooking.

1. I am portuguese through my mother but the past three generations of family have given up their language and traditions for an American life. This book has excellent traditional meals and a little bit of history as well. The recipes are easy for me to follow.



2. All of my favorite portuguese dishes are represented in this book. Most portuguese women back in the day did not have recipes written down for common and uncommon dishes. They were simply passed down from mother to daughter through the generations. That is easily disrupted by modern life, especially in the U.S. We now have recipes that mirror the food I was brought up with.
   
   My personal favorites are:
   Alcatara
   Masa Sovada - the BEST bread in the world
   Caldo Verde - great soup!
   Bacalao - a wonderfully different journey in fish that non-portuguese people would love and have tasted nothing like it.



3. This cookbook is the best book I have ever purchased. By far, this book has brought me back to my childhood memories of recipes that my aunts and grandparents used to make for us. The recipes are easy to follow and very well written. Thanks Ana!!!!



4. I have not received this book. It was ordered over a month ago, DHL gave the package to the postal service. When I called the Post Office they said they had no record of this item. Now I wonder where is my book or where is the refund.
   
   R Machado



5. I found this cookbook to be amazing, what I expected and so much more. Sometimes it is difficult to imagine if the cookbook is really that good. This one is more than I imagined. It has so many wonderful recipes that are easy to follow and come out looking and tasting just like wonderful. Thank you.
   
   The same applies to the Moosewood and Mediterranean cookbooks I purchased. I am very pleased with Amazon, their prices, and the customers ability to "check it out" before the purchase.
   
   Again, thank you.
   
   Joanna

5 comments about Food of Portugal.

1. This is a wonderful cookbook. In fact, this is my second copy. My husband and I have purchased a second home and I needed another copy of one of our favorite cookbooks. We have travelled to Portugal on several occasions and the recipes bring back fond memories of the excellent food we had in Portugal. The ingredients are easy to obtain. We often use the recipes when entertaining because our friends have never sampled Portuguese food.



2. I've had this cookbook for years and it's one of my favourites. I've not been to Portugal, but I've lived in Hong Kong for 20 years and frequently visit Macau for genuine Portuguese food (perhaps Ms Anderson could a Macanese dish or two in an update). The recipes are varied and they work. Nicely written book with tons of good info about the country and its fascinating cuisine.



3. I gave my daughter-in-law and her sister copies of this book. They are Portuguese but live in Australia. They say it's excellent; the ingredients are reasonably easily obtainable; the book brings back wonderful memories of home cooking when they lived in Portugal; and they can now shares those memories with their Australian families. I'm fortunate to enjoy some of their cooking. Recommended.



4. this book is a must have for anyone wanting to get a taste of portugal from their own kitchen this book is full of geniune recipes verified by my portugesse work collegues as exact to the way they make them in portugal



5. When reading the description and reviews on this book, I thought it was going to be fantastic. It has some great recipes, but not what I expected. My mother-in-law is from the Azores and it does not have any of the traditional recipes that her or any of her friends/family grew up with. I guess my expections were not met because it doesn't have those "warm" home cooked meals I was expecting. I actually found a lack of chicken/beef recipes that my other cookbook has an abundance of. Over-all it is a great book for those interested in a cookbook with a sampling of Portuguese food and plenty of seafood recipes.