A Tuscan Seduction: A Romantic Cookbook for Two [Hardcover]

James Lambeth (Author), Miles James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

A Tuscan Seduction: A Romantic Cookbook for Two, features the Italian Cuiine that originated almost half a millennium ago during the Italian Renaisance. You and our love are invited to dine on the same foods that nurtured Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Botticelli. The ninety plus recipes included are elegant through their simplicity. The foods are grouped into menus to guide your culinary journey through the regions and seasons of Tuscany. Each recipe is illustrated in full delicious color.

Words of seduction from the world's great authors are also included in A Tuscan Seduction.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A TUSCAN SEDUCTION has been nominated as "Best Italian Cookbook" in our 2001 awards program in Perigueux, France. -- The International Cookbook Review, July 12,2000

A special culinary tribute to Tuscany...it is superbly enhanced with color photography and is a delight to cook from. -- James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review

Nominated as "BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOK" in the World Cookbook Competition, Versailles, France, 2000 -- International Cookbook Review

One of the most beautiful cookbooks to cross my desk...it just doesn't get much better than this. -- Bookviews.com by Alan Caruba

Pic-of-the-Month, One of the most beautiful cookbooks to cross my desk...it just doesn't get much better than this. -- Alan Caruba, Bookreviews.Com

From the Publisher

We invite you to play your favorite Andrea Bocelli recording, pour yourself and your love luscious glasses of Chianti Classico Riserva, and let the seduction begin.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 141 pages
• Publisher: Miami Dog Pr (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960167862
• ISBN-13: 978-0960167869
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,600,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As much fun to cook from as it is to browse through!, July 4, 2000

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tuscan Seduction: A Romantic Cookbook for Two (Hardcover)

Featuring more than ninety wonderfully simple, elegant, delicious recipes that showcase a special culinary tribute to the seasons and regions of Tuscany, James Lambeth and Miles James' A Tuscan Seduction is superbly enhanced with color photography and is as much fun to cook from as it is to browse through. From Coniglioalla contadina (Peasant Style Braised Rabbit), Verdure d'inverno arrosto (Winter Root Vegetables Roasted in Olive Oil), and Sinco d'agnello ripieno con carciofi (Artichoke Stuffed Lam Shanks), to Prosciutto di Parma e melone (Parma Prosciutto with Melon and Mint), Schiacciata al sambuco (Rosemary Flat Bread), and Panzanella (Tomato and Bread Salad), A Tuscan Seduction is organized within menus, offering a mouth-watering presentation that will excite the appetite and please the palate of even the most discerning gourmet.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Big Disappointment, September 12, 2002

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Betsy Howe (Bentonville, Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tuscan Seduction: A Romantic Cookbook for Two (Hardcover)

A poorly conceived and executed cookbook -- you are better off saving your money or getting something else. The food ideas are very BASIC, and short of a few stock photos, the pics are amateurish.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and poorly produced, April 2, 2002

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J. Romkey (Upper Valley, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Tuscan Seduction: A Romantic Cookbook for Two (Hardcover)

I recently ordered A Tuscan Seduction and Soffritto: Tradition and Innovation in Tuscan Cooking, and they couldn't be more different books. Don't bother with A Tuscan Seduction; head directly for Soffritto.

A Tuscan Seduction is crippled by its poor production. The photographs are ugly, often poorly arranged; many look like they're digital photos. Often the print on a page is run over a photo and is obscured by it. Somebody involved in the production seemed to think that it was a good idea to run the recipes in two or three columns on a page; it only makes it more difficult to follow the text. The recipes aren't bad but the production of the book leaves it difficult to follow or find them. Don't waste your time with this one.