The Greatest Dishes!: Around the World in 80 Recipes

About this book

Anya von Bremzen has traveled far and wide in search of the worlds greatest flavors. Along the way she has gathered a definitive collection of classic recipes and a lifetimes worth of stories. Here the award-winning globe-trotting food writer presents eighty of the worlds best-loved dishes from more than twenty-eight countries an all-hits international food tour for cooks and readers everywhere. No matter how far she travels or how many cookbooks she acquires Anya observes that like most cooks she returns to the same recipes time and time again: pad thai bouillabaisse apple pie couscous gazpacho risotto -- the classics that we all know and love. In this book she sets out to find the best most authentic recipes for these iconic dishes by collecting and perfecting dozens of recipes from the stoves of cooks the world over. Over time Anya tested revised and honed these eighty classic recipes allowing home cooks to recreate at last their favorite foods -- with delicious results. With these clear accessible recipes at your fingertips you dont have to go to Spain to get the best paella or to Italy for the best pizza or pesto -- you dont even have to go to a lot of country-specific cookbooks. Accompanying the recipes are delightful illuminating essays detailing the dishes origins and how they are prepared and enjoyed today. Packed with historical information and portraits of the contemporary food culture of dozens of countries the essays bring these eighty classics to life and are indispensable reading on their own. Whether you are a seasoned home cook a world traveler or an armchair adventurer The Greatest Dishes! will provide you with unprecedented firsthand information about these emblematic foods along with the legends controversies and passions they have inspired throughout history.