As a chef, I love to cook interesting foods from around the globe, even if my less than adventurous family isn’t so excited about eating them. World Food Cafe Quick and Easy:Recipes from a Vegetarian Journey by Chris and Carolyn Caldicott gave me to opportunity to try my hand at foods that I may have never tried.

The Good:

I was absolutely enthralled with the beautiful and often breath-taking photos in this book. I found that the richness in colors of not just the recipes, but the people and landscapes that are from the regions the recipes come from really made the book not only something to instruct readers on how to make e=worldly foods, but also made the book quite a conversation piece. The book is full of information and introductions describing each region and country and the people’s way of life. This book reads more like a travel book with a few recipes thrown in and is a great way to get to know historically why the foods used in the recipes are so important to the people’s culture.
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