This is a great cookbook for someone who likes to cook but doesn't want a bunch of different cookbooks. It contains recipes for just about any dish you thought about cooking at one time. ( )

Famous Dishes from Around the World/Platos famosos de todo el mundo
by Stephanie Maze

Alphabetically set out from America to Uzbekistan 30 national dishes with recipe, history of the dish and nutritional information presented. Healthier options are provided as well. The book provides the recipes in both English and Spanish with illustrations that made my mouth water. I learned a few new-to-me tips: soak bamboo skewers in water overnight to help keep them from burning on the grill AND to wash cast iron not with soap but with water, oil and salt instead. The recipes chosen were those that the editors believed most representative of those brought to America and most well known. To provide all of the recipes would require many volumes, I believe. I enjoyed learning a bit more about some of the recipes I have eaten in the past and really enjoyed learning that the origins of some recipes were not actually in the country that has claimed them their own.

Thank you to NetGalley and Moonstone Press for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4 Stars ( )