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The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines: China * Greece * Rome

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This is an excellent cook book and this is the handy PB edition! It's full of great recipes and stories by a very talented cook and writer. This one focuses on 3 major influences in the culinary world. Jeff Smith entertained us for years on his PBS program 'The Frugal Gourmet'. Not only did he teach us many savory dishes, he also educated us. Not satisfied with just cooking delicious meals for his viewers, he would give detailed history lessons about the origins of the dish and made it all a lot of fun!

This may be Mr. Smiths best cook book and it is a worthy edition to everyone's cook book library. I own and have read many, if not all of his cook books, not only for the man's knowledge of cooking, but his incredible wit! This guy was funny and I would have loved to have hung out and throw a few beers down with him.

Unfortunately, this man had some very seriously bad press released about his personal life and well..... I am not one to spread rumors.....he seemed like a great guy and sadly he died before he was able to clear his name.

R.I.P. Frugs!

I've owned this cookbook for over 15 years. My husband and I still use many of the recipes because they are so good. I own over 30-40 cookbooks. They typically contain 2 or 3 good recipes, but this book is just full of them. Today I'm buying a replacement copy as mine has fallen apart from overuse. Some of the great recipes are Canneloni, Moussaka, sweet red peppers and anchovy pasta but there are many many more. The recipes vary from quick and easy to complicated but they taste terrific.

The Frugal Gourmet cooks the 3 Ancient Cuisines was my favourite cooking series. This book is the perfect companion to the series.