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Product Reviews:
The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Cookbook
Comments: Great gift for the cook in your life who loves to learn new tricks and recipes. Lovely book. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Beautiful Book
Comments: This was a gift for my daughter, she had heard it discussed on NPR's Splendid Table. I looked through it and was impressed and now plan on purchaseing1for myself. |
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: Somewhat disappointing
Comments: I asked for this book after hearing Lynne and Sally discuss it on NPR. It sounded appealing in that context, however I can not heartily endorse it. Here are the specific items that trouble me:
1. It's poorly indexed (and scan notily indexed). Here is an example. There is a nice tip in the book regarding how to thaw frozen shrimp properly, while keeping and enhancing the flavor. I came across it while browsing, however when I went back to look for it again, it couldn't be found. Not listed under shrimp, the obvious place. Finally located it again by searching other entries for fish. When I am looking for information or a recipe, I go to the index 1st.... I do not have time to browse an entire book e time I want to cook something. Someone suggested I could just make notes, however that seems like a pain.
2. Many complete pages are taken up with large quotes printed in variably sized fonts, which is not what I am looking for in a cook book. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations will do for that. To me the effect is jarring, a bit like being shouted at, and it makes me wonder if they did not quite have enough material to fill the book otherwise.
I have not tried the recipes yet. I do own "The Splendid Table", which is a wonderful book, rich with information, great illustrations, and a terrific index, so I do not really get why this book is so inferior in that respect. If you are thinking about purchaseing it, I'd look it over in a store before purchase. |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Too Busy to Read
Comments: The use of many different font sizes, styles, colors, boldface and italics on all a single page is enormously distracting. Why would any editor allow that? It's unnecessary clutter which I find, well, distasteful!! I have such a hard time getting past the chaotic visuals on each page that I simply do not use the book. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Another superb book by Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Comments: When I purchased Ms. Kasper's book, "The Splendid Table" over10years ago, I knew immediately that it was going to be a classic. It is a clear, concise, beautifully written, homage to the amazing food of northern Italy. Not only were the recipes amazing, the text was fascinating and informative. The Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian Food
Ms. Kasper and her radio show co-host have done it again. While not quite up to the lofty standards of her previous work, Ms. Kasper has nonetheless managed to write another fascinating and fun read. The recipes here are simple, straightforward, and they easily integrate into the lives of those of us who have crazy schedules.
Ms. Kasper and Ms. Swift offer fascinating tips and lore as well as endorseations on building your cookbook library.
My1quibble with the book is its design. The text can be a bit overwhelming because of a mixture of font sizes and types. It's a bit distracting.
This book is definitely a keeper. A superb choice for an eday cookbook or as a gift for someone whose cooking skills are basic. Outstanding. |
