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Flavors of Slovenia: Food And Wine from Central Europe's Hidden Gem (Hippocrene Cookbook Library)

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Slovenian cookbooks aren't exactly a dime a dozen, so I thought this would make a good addition to my large collection of international cookbooks.
And indeed, there are many interesting recipes in here. Comparatively few are unique or original, but that is because Slovenia itself is something of a cross-roads country -- cooking shows strong influences (or direct lifts) from Italy, Croatia and Hungary. So we get some yummy bean and pasta soups and Goulash-type soups and stews.
A few of the most authentic sounding and purely Slovene recipes are a bit questionable, making me wonder if the author actually prepared them. There is a yummy sounding recipe for patridge which, however, calls for ONE partidge to serve 4-6 people. A partidge is a 'one-bird per serving' game bird, so I would suspect that the writer 'tested' the recipe using the optional variation of 'chicken.' A recipe for dormice was presumably also tested with chicken. And as for the recipe for 'Encrusted Lung' .... words fail me.
The book is also a bit pricy for the size and number of recipes. If you want a cookbook from every country (or every EU country) you might consider this one, or you might look at other options, or wait for the perfect one to be written.

A good book, with a lot of good recepies, not only Slovenian. The stories and historic ilustrations are welcome addition to the book.