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Brazil: A Cook's Tour [Hardcover]

Christopher Idone
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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October 24, 1995
Christopher Idone, a pioneer of illustrated cookbooks, takes the reader on a fascinataing culinary and cultural journey through the vast and varied landscape of Brazil. Includes more than 100 rich, colorful photographs, a mail-order source guide, and a list of special places to visit in Brazil. 125 4-color photographs.

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Christopher Idone, a pioneer of illustrated cookbooks, takes the reader on a fascinataing culinary and cultural journey through the vast and varied landscape of Brazil. Includes more than 100 rich, colorful photographs, a mail-order source guide, and a list of special places to visit in Brazil. 125 4-color photographs.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1 edition (October 24, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0517595559
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517595558
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.9 x 10.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars This book is maddening! July 10, 2002
Format:Hardcover
Like other reviewers, I was bowled over by the fantastic photos throughout this book. They are really beautiful and take me back to the year I spent in Brazil. My problem with the book is simple: There is no way anyone actually cooked by the majority of these recipies!! Ingredient amounts don't make sense, bowl and dish sizes don't make sense, cooking times don't make sense. Let me give one of the more egregious examples: In the recipie for Bolo de Aipim, the author proposes putting 2 pounds manioc root, 2 cups sugar, 4 eggs, 2 cups milk, and 2 cups coconut milk into a 9"x13" pan. These ingredients wouldn't fit into a pan twice that size! In addition, there is way, way too much liquid. This cake would take over an hour to firm up, not the 30 minutes he recommends. This is just one of dozens of examples.
I am tempted to recommend this book as a coffee table fixture, but I can not even do that. It is irresponsible of this author to write a book with grossly untested recipies. It is a waste of my money on ingredients and my time in the kitchen.
I do not recommend this book to anyone. There are many better choices for Brazilian cooking.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
I have lived in Brasil for 2 years and I cook everyday. I recieved this book as a gift before I came here. Certainly the photos are nice, and maybe nice reading for some, but it is not a cookbook. THe ingredients are easily obtainable for me, obviously, but the recipes are overly cumbersome, and seem inacurate to me. I've tried a number of them and it seems like whoever the author got the recipes from didn't give him all the secrets. The idea is right, but following these recipes I seem to get a modified version of the real thing. Some of the fruit is inacurately identified. Sao Paulo has thousands of resturants, some are very good, some have big reputations for over priced dishes and unfortunately the author seems to concentrate on these resturants. Food is plentiful in Brasil, the land is rich, and the inventive Brasilians produce a vast variety of wonders to choose from. It is sad that the author missed the opportunity to include the everyday variety and great dishes of the common folk of Brasil.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars American living in Brasil February 26, 2005
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book after my first year living in Brazil and I have to say, that it's beautiful. The photos are incredible and just make you want to make everything in it.

But it's not too practical for an average cook such as myself.

It's a great book to share the Brazilian culture with people who don't know... but I'm looking for other Brazilian cook books that will be more useful in actually preparing the dishes. The author travels throughout Brazil, so the recipes are very diverse.

I personally use the internet to find my Brazilian recipes, and they've all been great. They're mostly in portuguese though. And I have the benefit of being in Brazil and knowing the dish names so I can look them up.

I haven't found the book very useful at all for it's intended purpose of a cook book. But for showing family and friends... it's beautiful.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent backup book on brazilian cuisine!!
I love the way it was divided into different regions in Brazil and that they showed very sumptuous photos of the edible items they wrote about...
Published 5 months ago by alo lipio
1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good cookbook
Like others have said, the pictures are beautiful, and the book is intriguing. The recipes sound great too. The problem is that they're really poorly written. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Davide5
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful picture book, recipes not very accurate
it is a cook book, so you expect to make good use of the recipes. I am Brazilian and I assure that many recipes are different of the "traditional way of doing" or have different... Read more
Published on April 6, 2011 by Paulo Ricardo B. Soares
5.0 out of 5 stars learn
hello my husband he from brazil and from honduras the only thind is i want to learn more from his country he know much of my and i what to learn for his food and culture one... Read more
Published on June 13, 2009 by Wendypcastillo
5.0 out of 5 stars Brazilian here too!
I agree with you! My gilrfiend made a delicius "Moqueca", and she never went to Brazil! Great book!!!!
Published on June 23, 2006 by Rodrigo A. Rodrigues
5.0 out of 5 stars Brazilian Here
I am from Brasil and disagree with the statement that this is not an accurate book. Yes, some recipes have been modified, but they have been modified so that they can be made with... Read more
Published on January 19, 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars Brazilian Here
I am from Brasil and disagree with the statement that this is not an accurate book. Yes, some recipes have been modified, but they have been modified so that they can be made with... Read more
Published on January 19, 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars good recipes, great travelogue
I used this book as the centerpiece of a gourmet dinner gathering featuring brazilian cuisine. Most of the recipes for the dinner came from this book and all were a hit!
Published on June 9, 1999
2.0 out of 5 stars Ingredient Unfriendly
The recipes sound mouthwatering enough, but the ingredients are too difficult to find. And even when I have found the ingredients, the end result is lackluster.
Published on April 20, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars A gastronomical tour of Brazil all in one gorgeous book!!!
The photos are so wonderful!!!!! This cookbook will not only give you great recipes and make your mouth water, but it will also give you a desire to go see for yourself!!! Read more
Published on April 1, 1999 by quiltjam@aol.com
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