Customer Reviews

Jamie's America

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3 star:		(1)
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I received this as a present and I absolutely LOVE it! It's such an unlikely collection of American foods. Important to note that, at least my version, is in metric cooking units and not American as this was a cookbook made for other countries to experience American foods. I love Jamie's stories about the places he visits and the art in the cookbook really make it stand out. I've already made a few recipes as well and they are delicious!

I was shocked to see how few stars this has, but then noticed most of the bad reviews are about order problems rather than the book! Let me put in my five stars vote. The stories in here are great, the photos are wonderful, and the recipes look awesome. He does a good coverage of different parts of the U.S., and I thought the section on the Navajo was particularly interesting and inspiring. Don't hesitate -- it's great.

I really love this book! There are so many great recipe's, and Jamie's writing of food just gets you excited to cook! Beautiful images and descriptive recipes. I have been truly inspired by this recipe book, and have made several things with great success so far. Highly recommended!

We've been spoiled by Jamie's Food Revolution cookbook here at the house. So, when I saw Jamie's America, I paged through it, and then immediately ran to the cashier to buy it. I feel that this book actually has more volume as far as storytelling and gorgeous photography than the Food Revolution. While some folks may turn up their nose at what could be considered filler, I found the it only added to the experience of reading, and cooking from this book. To me, the difference between Food Revolution and Jamie's America is simple: one is more of a traditional style cookbook, while Jamie's America focuses on the journey across the US to discover the quintessential recipes (with Jamie's touch) that define each region.

Jamie's America covers from the West to East Coast, and everything in between. Thus far, we've made two recipes out of the book (we've only had it a week) and they were both delicious and relatively easy to make (though we do consider ourselves intermediate to expert level cooks for a household of four). I think what I most appreciated about this book was the diversity of recipes. From delicious Dan Dan Noodles to traditional Navajo breakfasts, you'll find a wide spectrum of dishes.

From an aesthetic perspective, the book is well bound and designed, grouping recipes together by location rather than dish, and sprinkled with lots of love and charm that make Jamie one of our favorite cooks of all time.

If you loved Food Revolution, this is definitely a great addition.

I find this a treasure in American cuisine.
He gives us an interesting look in our own country's cuisine.

My only criticism, I wish he had a section on the cuisine of San Francisco and the wine country to the north.

Perhaps, he'll cover it in his next work.

This is the first cookbook of Jamie Oliver's that I've read. I received this as a gift and really like the quality of the paper and feel of the book, number of pictures, the style of food writing, ease of following the directions, and diversity of recipes. The one thing I didn't like, was the strong slant toward the Obama's. I enjoyed very much that it was a collection of American recipes but I would have really liked it without the political slant. Afterall, it's an American cookbook not a Democrat cookbook...but I would say this no matter which political party were being representated.

Jamie Oliver's cooking has always been very British in nature. Despite being well versed in Italian cuisine, his cooking shows and recipe books always have a real English bent to them. The book goes off his usual path was inspired by a trip he took across America and the recipes focus on five regions of the country, New York, Louisiana, Arizona, Los Angeles, Georgia and the Wild West (Wyoming and the area). The book is replete with many pictures of Mr. Oliver and the landscapes and has nice hefty feel that all good cookbooks show have.

I love Jamie's recipes so I thought, since I live in America, let's see what Jamie thinks Americans love. I don't believe they like chillis as much as he does. Practically all the recipes (except desserts) had chillis, or something just as spicy, in them. Spicy food makes me ill. Other than the recipes the book was entertaining.

I was extremely dissapointed in this book. There weren't many recipes and I found the stories very boring. I have better recipes that I could have given him. I have his previous book which I like very much - bit this is a definate NO