- Hardcover: 261 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company (July 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061441481
- ISBN-13: 978-0061441486
- Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 21.1 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 174,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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120 of 146 people found the following review helpful
Hard to find ingredients makes this impractical book
13 Aug 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I understand all the rave reviews for this cookbook based on the photography and the narrative story it tells. But as a cookbook, I find it completely impractical. I bought the book based on these rave reviews and I wish one person would have been more upfront about the recipes and I would have made a more informed choice. The photographs are lovely. The narrative is interesting. The food and recipes however are impractical to replicate in my own home which is why I only gave this cookbook one star.
As an example, here is a list of key ingredients for one recipe after another in this cookbook: fresh sardines (not canned), rabbit, rose geranium leaves, rice bran oil, huckleberries, lemon verbena leaves, mulberries, rockfish, burrata, fresh mackrel, quail, foi gras, quince, ahi tuna, fresh oysters, beluga lentils, fresh squid, etc. etc.
I have nothing against this type of cooking. I'm sure the recipes are delicious. I sadly will never know because I live in the mid west in a modest sized town and just simply don't have access to these ingredients. If you have access to this type of food then this cookbook will probably work for you. These 'rarified' ingredients aren't widely available to the rest of us and I wish I had known what type of cookbook this was before wasting my money.
As an example, here is a list of key ingredients for one recipe after another in this cookbook: fresh sardines (not canned), rabbit, rose geranium leaves, rice bran oil, huckleberries, lemon verbena leaves, mulberries, rockfish, burrata, fresh mackrel, quail, foi gras, quince, ahi tuna, fresh oysters, beluga lentils, fresh squid, etc. etc.
I have nothing against this type of cooking. I'm sure the recipes are delicious. I sadly will never know because I live in the mid west in a modest sized town and just simply don't have access to these ingredients. If you have access to this type of food then this cookbook will probably work for you. These 'rarified' ingredients aren't widely available to the rest of us and I wish I had known what type of cookbook this was before wasting my money.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Fabulous recipes, mesmerizing story, gorgeous photography!
4 July 2009
Format:Hardcover
I rushed to buy Big Sur Bakery's new cookbook because I've been a fan of theirs since they opened and was eager to get my hands on their recipes, but this book is so much more than I expected. It truly blew me away!
The recipes are simple, delicious, irresistible and often unique; the photography of their food, friends, and landscape is outstanding; and their story is captivating, inspiring and mesmerizing. Big Sur comes gloriously to life with all its quirks, adventure and beauty. The cookbook progresses month by month, cooking with the seasons (beginning in March), taking us through a year in the life of the bakery. Every recipe looks great, but my family is most eager to try their breakfast pizza, topped with bacon and eggs. YUM!
The recipes are simple, delicious, irresistible and often unique; the photography of their food, friends, and landscape is outstanding; and their story is captivating, inspiring and mesmerizing. Big Sur comes gloriously to life with all its quirks, adventure and beauty. The cookbook progresses month by month, cooking with the seasons (beginning in March), taking us through a year in the life of the bakery. Every recipe looks great, but my family is most eager to try their breakfast pizza, topped with bacon and eggs. YUM!
24 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Big Sur: An intimate portrait
27 Jun 2009
Format:Hardcover
I have been a passionate reader of cookbooks most of my adult life. This cookbook tops them all. The recipes are within reach of the average kitchen cook, and they are amazingly tasty. But the reason this books stands out is not just because it's a great cookbook. It is really a fresh, compellingly honest story of what it takes and the personalities involved in owning and running a premier, slow food restaurant in Big Sur. Most importantly, it updates us on what Big Sur really is today through the lives of each of the folks involved in making this the best place to eat on Highway One.
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