Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
- Published by: William Morrow Cookbooks; 1st Perennial Library Ed edition February 18, 1987
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0060913967
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060913960
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Amazon.com Review
North Africa is the home to one of the world's great cuisines. Redolent of saffron, cumin and cilantro, Moroccan cooking can be as elegant or as down-home hearty as you want it to be. In
Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco, author Paula Wolfert has collected delectable recipes that embody the essence of the cuisine. From Morocco's national dish, couscous (for which Wolfert includes more than twenty different recipes), to delicacies such as
Bisteeya (a pigeon pie made with filo, eggs, and raisins among other ingredients), Wolfert describes both the background of each recipe and the best way to prepare it. As if the mouthwatering recipes weren't enough, each chapter includes some aspect of Moroccan culture or history, be it an account of Moroccan
moussems, or festivals, or a description of
souks, or markets. Just reading the recipes will be enough to induce ravenous hunger even on a full stomach. Once you've tried the Chicken Tagine with Prunes and Almonds, or the Seared Lamb Kebabs Cooked in Butter, Paula Wolfert's
Couscous and Other Good Foods from Morocco will become a well-worn title on your
cook book shelf.
Reader Reviews
The problem with the first major book on a cuisine being the best is everyone writing books afterward feels they have to change things, usually for the worse. For instance, if I were to write a Moroccan cookbook today, the best I could do is one line, directing the reader to buy this book instead. Otherwise, I would have to try to simplify recipes to their detriment, clutter them up with disastrous result, or scrape the bottom of the barrel for more original recipes that aren't particularly good. So even though this book has few illustrations and was written in the 70's, if you actually want to cook Moroccan food you really don't have any choice. You simply must buy this book and cook through it because every other author on the subject has done the same and cowers in the shadow of this achievement.
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