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The South American Table: The Flavor and Soul of Authentic Home Cooking from Patagonia to Rio De Janeiro, With 450 Recipes |
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The South American Table: The Flavor and Soul of Authentic Home Cooking from Patagonia to Rio De Janeiro, With 450 Recipes |
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by: Maria Baez Kijac
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.598 EAN: 9781558322486 ISBN: 1558322485 Label: Harvard Common Press Languages: Manufacturer: Harvard Common Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: October 01, 2003 Publisher: Harvard Common Press Studio: Harvard Common Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Discover one of the world's best-kept culinary secrets as author Maria Baez Kijac takes your taste buds on a tour of the magnificent and inviting food of South America. A Winner of Gourmand's Best of the Best World Cookbook Award for 2008, this book has 450 authentic recipes from countries renowned for their culinary delights. Cooks will find everything from tamales, various asadas, cebiches, chupes, ensaladas, and empanadas spanning the regions of Peru, Paraguay, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and much more! Related Items:
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 Rating:  - a great resource!what a great resource for someone who loves authentic south american food! i made the ecuatorian humitas with my boyfriend-- we gobbled them up. can't wait to make more! Rating:  - DELICIOUS ALL OVER SOUTH AMERICATHE SOUTH AMERICAN TABLE: The Flavor and Soul of Authentic Home Cooking from Patagonia to Rio de Janeiro, with 350 recipes By Maria Baez Kijac A review by Marty Martindale Are you planning to visit South America in 2010? Definitely read lots of travel guides, however, another good idea is to buy a good destination cookbook and get an idea ahead of time what you will most enjoy ordering in your new surroundings. Also upon your return, you will be all set to keep making your favorite dishes. Before she starts her delicious recipes, Kijac writes 30 pages about the history of the countries of South America and much about the foods of the continent. Later, thoughout the book she includes many extras you will be glad to know. Here are descriptions of some of the many savory dishes found throughout South America: EBICHE DE PESCADO CON LECHE DE COCO Fish Cebiche in Coconut Milk Assemble red snapper fillets, lemon juice, mashed garlic, red onion, unsweetened coconut milk, fresh pepper puree, cilantro leaves and shredded coconut. ESCABECHE DE PESCADO DE PERUANO Peruvian-Style Fish Escabeche Tuna fillets, lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, onion, red bell pepper strips, hot pepper puree, cumin, oregano, vinegar, chicken broth and lettuce leaves. Garnish with Kalamata olives, quartered hard-cooked eggs, jalapeno strips and small whole baby corn. EMPANADAD VENEZOLANAS Venezuelan Turnovers Canola oil, ground pork or beef, oregano, cumin, onion, quartered tomatoes, red bell pepper, garlic, capers, muscatel or cream sherry, black olives, dried currents, masa for empanadas and egg. PAPAS HUANCAINAS Potatoes with Spice Cheese Sauce Yucan gold potatoes, feta cheese, cream cheese, lemon juice, garlic, hot yellow pepper, turmeric, whipping cream, olive oil, leaf lettuce, black olives and recvipe for Salsa Criolla Peruana in book. REPE DE GUINEO VERDE Cream of Green Banana Soup Green bananas, water, milk, whipping cream, cheddar cheese, sugar, cilantro and topping of Pesto de Cilantro in book. SOPA DE PALMITO Hearts of Palm Soup Unsalted butter, sliced leeks, flour, cornstarch, white pepper, canned hearts of palm, chicken broth, milk and a garnish of cayenne pepper CREMA DE COCO CON CAMERONES Cream of Coconut Soup with Shrimp Onion, garlic, chopped tomato, broth, shrimp, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, cayenne pepper, unsweetened coconut milk, cornstarch, lemon slices and cilantro leaves for garnish ENSALADA RUSA Russian Salad Red potatoes, carrots, beets, peas, onion, broth, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, whipping cream, chopped hard-cooked eggs, parsley and black olives SALADA DE CHUCHU Chayote Salad Chayotes, onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, canola oil, white wine vinegar, lime juice garlic and scallions for garnish POLLO A LA MARIANA Mariana's Chicken Chicken, onion, orange juice, lemon juice, sweet paprika, garlic, nutmeg and Worcestershire sauce MATAMBRE Rolled Flank Steak Large flank steaks, red wine vinegar, canola oil, oregano, garlic, parsley, red pepper flakes, Parmesan cheese, spinach or chard, carrot, asparagus, roasted red pepper, eggs and broth AHOGADO DE BERENJENAS Eggplant Layered with Tomatoes and Corn Eggplants, olive oil, tomato, corn kernels, milk, nutmeg, butter, Chihuahua or mozzarella cheese, whipping cream and Permesan cheese MOLO Mashed potatoes with Peanut Butter Potatoes, milk, whipping cream, mozzarella cheese, butter, scallions, cumin, milk and peanut butter. Garnish with lettuce, scallions, hard-cooked eggs, and/or parsley This cookbook doesn't strand the non-South American cook. The front of the book prepares the cook well and each chapter introduction keeps help near. It carefully includes careful descriptions of vegetables along with the very many roots/tubers, sources for hard-to-find foods, a very comprehensive Dictionary of South American ingredients, a chapter devoted to Comfort Foods and a well-planned index. You can reach Marty Martindale at: FOOD SITE OF THE DAY. Rating: - Can too much information be bad?At times I found this book to have too much information. I do commend the author for putting so much work and research into the book and much of the information was interesting. Its a huge task to tackle all of South America with its extreme diversity. I'm familiar with South American cooking but some of the recipes seemed a little off and too much historical info distracting in a cookbook. Some dishes are found throughout S.A. but vary depending on country and region. Cities just 3 miles apart may cook a dish totally different from each other. This may be why the recipes seemed not quite right to me, maybe the author was referring to a region I'm not familiar with. I refer to the book once in a while to compare recipes but don't really cook anything directly from this book. I can understand the author wanting to create one definitive book that encompases all of S.A. but I sometmes wonder if she should have broken the book out into separate books organized by country or region such as 1)A book about countries that include the high altitude Andean recipes Peru, Boliva, Chile and Ecuador and then 2)one about Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay because they share some of the same influences to their food from other countries, especially Italy and all three are known for beef and horses. And so on. Not a bad book but not my favorite either. Rating:  - Absolutely THE bestThis book is way more than just the very best cook book of Latin American food...it's a short history of South America. From the time I opened it, I could not stop reading until I got to the end of the South America background information. I am from Venezuela and loved ALL the recipes. The lack of pictures is not a big deal at all, because the words are totally descriptive. Now that I have this book, I don't see the need for any other.
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