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Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day

✍️ Lakshmi, Padma
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🏛 Balance 📅 2021 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780306926044

📝 Description: Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day

The host of the TV series "Top Chef" presents a cookbook featuring more than two hundred recipes for international fare, including hot and sour fruit chaat, tangy jicama salad, South Indian spinach and lentil soup, barbecue Korean short ribs, and honeycomb ice cream.

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This lack of detail makes it difficult to judge the book's rigor beyond its promise of accessible international fare. It will not suit purists seeking authentic regional history or advanced technique; those readers should look elsewhere. However, for casual enthusiasts who enjoy the novelty of global flavors and require straightforward guidance, this collection offers a low-stakes entry point into world cuisines, prioritizing variety over depth in a format that feels more like a menu than a scholarly text.
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This lack of detail makes it difficult to judge the book's rigor beyond its promise of accessible international fare. It will not suit purists seeking authentic regional history or advanced technique; those readers should look elsewhere. However, for casual enthusiasts who enjoy the novelty of global flavors and require straightforward guidance, this collection offers a low-stakes entry point into world cuisines, prioritizing variety over depth in a format that feels more like a menu than a scholarly text.

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