Customer Reviews

Joanne Weir's More Cooking in the Wine Country: 100 New Recipes for Living and Entertaining

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I started watching Ms. Weir's show on PBS during our long winters. After seeing the ease with which she prepares a meal I knew I had to have her book. Luckily I was able to immediately secure a copy and start cooking. What an adventure. My first meal was home made pasta and it was a major success. I can't wait to continue exploring this book.

I found this book while randomly browsing through my library's cookbook section, and it is amazing! Simple, delicious recipes all clearly collected and shared by someone with a love of and respect for real food. I will definitely be passing this title along to friends!

I love the wine country, so this was the cookbook for me. If you enjoy fresh food, herbs, salads and healthy living, you will enjoy the recipes here. Includes recipes for red onion ravioli with thyme cream, fettuccine with gorgonzola and pine nuts, horseradish crusted salmon with dilled cucumbers, and apricot hazelnut tart. Also, includes recipes for basic things like puff pastry and grilled corn. Ingredients for the recipes in this book are easy to find. Highly recommend. 5 stars, all the way.

I thoroughly enjoy all of Joanne Weir's books. She is very knowledgeable about Meditterrean cooking. Her recipes are original, come together very well and many of instructions for making in advance. I place her right up there with Patricia WElls.

I enjoyed watching the cooking show with Joanne Weir, and was very glad to find a used copy of her book. But.... if you live in an area of the country where gourmet items or fresh herbs and other ingredients are scarce you may never be able to duplicate many of the recipes without substitutions. This is a disappointment, and of course not the fault of the book.