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In this book, over 60 delicious recipes are divided into chapters on Soups; Appetizers, Dumplings and Side Dishes; Fish and Shellfish; Meat Dishes; and Desserts. The many delectable dishes include Zeppelins (the famous Lithuanian dumplings) with crispy bacon and sour cream, or Latvian Pork and Veal Patties with Sour Cream and Mustard Sauce (kuzemes). For a sweeter appeal, try the Estonian Apple and Almond Cheesecake or Baltic Rye, Poppy Seed and Honey Cookies. The carefully compiled selection by Baltic specialist Silvena Johen Lauta conveys the eating traditions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Supported with over 300 specially commissioned photographs, the reader can absorb the diverse influences and relish the rustic tastes of these three little-known cuisines.
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Silvena Johen Lauta's passion for food stems from her early experience running a family restaurant in Bulgaria, as well as working in a restaurant in the old USSR. She now works as a chef, food consultant and writer, and TV presenter. She is the culinary brains behind The Baltic restaurant in London. She has written for many newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Star, Olive magazine and BBC Good Food Magazine. Her TV appearances include Chef on the Night and Cooking It! for Channel 4, Saturday Cooks for ITV1, Food Uncut and Great Food Live! For UKTV Food and Saturday Kitchen for BBC1. Silvena has written a number of other books, including Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume (Huthcinson) and Feasts: Food for Sharing from Eastern Europe (Mitchell Beazley)
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Format:Hardcover
I bought this because of an interest in Estonian food, and because I have enjoyed other books from the same author. I found this volume rather disappointing: perhaps Rowe is too far from her home ground here? The book is not subdivided into the three separate countries, bt organised by type of dish. I haven't found it very inspring, and have hardly used it. I much prefer Russian Regional Recipes by Susan Ward.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
interesting but limited
3 Dec 2010
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This is an interesting cookbook, but not very extensive or thorough - only 60 recipes in total, representing three unique cultures!
However, I found the recipes from Latvia (my heritage) to be a bit odd. My Latvian family has lots of excellent traditional cooks, and I grew up eating Latvian food all the time, cook Latvian food myself, but I have never even heard of some of these dishes.
Not to say there's anything wrong with the recipes, but I would suggest that they might not exactly be the typical Latvian food one would find on the table in a traditional Latvian household. I would have proably picked very different foods to represent what is traditional Latvian cuisine.
That being said, it makes me wonder about how representative or typical the recipes form the other countries might be, but just the same, nice pictures and an interesting overview of Baltic cuisine.
However, I found the recipes from Latvia (my heritage) to be a bit odd. My Latvian family has lots of excellent traditional cooks, and I grew up eating Latvian food all the time, cook Latvian food myself, but I have never even heard of some of these dishes.
Not to say there's anything wrong with the recipes, but I would suggest that they might not exactly be the typical Latvian food one would find on the table in a traditional Latvian household. I would have proably picked very different foods to represent what is traditional Latvian cuisine.
That being said, it makes me wonder about how representative or typical the recipes form the other countries might be, but just the same, nice pictures and an interesting overview of Baltic cuisine.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
ugh.
25 Mar 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
the illustrations are great but these recipes are jacked. granted, i've only name about 5 things in this book but after making five things that come out looking and tasting awful i can't be bothered to continue.
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