"Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
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> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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>> But JOC is more likely to turn people off "international" cooking.
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> How so? I've found recipes in there which are totally authentic. Baba
> ganoush worked fine, although some restaurants (and my Greek neighbor) add
> mint. Some people don't.
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Perhaps some of the recipes are authentic, I cannot claim to have looked at
all of them. But many of the "international" recipes are pale imitations of
the real thing, modified to suit Americans' typically bland tastes and the
unavailability of proper ingredients.

> What's the real reason you don't like the book?

Actually I like the book a good deal, but not for its "international"
offerings. But even if the international offerings were excellent, it would
still be a poor choice for what the OP requested because it is 95%+ Americal
recipes.


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Peter Aitken