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Did you get Culinaria China? If so, what do you think of it? I
saw it at Borders in Boston yesterday and took a quick look. The
first thing I noticed was that its recipe index sucked. The
second thing I noticed was that this tome actually contains very
few recipes. (Wasn't that your complaint re Thai Street Food?)
And those recipe didn't look extra-special either. Thus, I
probably would only buy this on a huge discount--like if Borders
was selling at at $4.95 like it did some of the other Culinaria
volumes. Heck, I might even go to $9.99, but I'm not sure about that.
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Jean B.
 
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:45:49 -0400, Jean B. wrote:

No, I didn't. I even had a B&N certificate for $25 bucks I needed to
use up and couldn't think of anything I wanted for almost free except
for that. I read a few more reviews, one a scathing review by
somebody familiar with the rest of the series and that convinced me to
give the coupon to somebody else.


Yes. I don't remember any text in that book.


$9.95 is lowest I've seen for certain countries that they've
reprinted. But your notes match the other reviewers. he says that it
was more a superficial culture book than a food book. There wasn't
even a mention of noodles and other staples you'd expect to see.

The critical review was:

(with a comment from me afterwards)

-sw
 
Sqwertz wrote:

And here I was so excited about this after you mentioned it. Even
when I saw it on the shelf when I went to get the new book by
Sanjeev Kapoor. I am REALLY glad I looked at it. I am somewhat
mystified, because other Culinaria volumes have been quite good.

My now-defunct Borders (the one in the 'burbs, not the big one in
Boston) had some of those volumes for $4.95! That was kind-of
odd, because I was seeing them at higher prices elsewhere. I
probably committed some strategic errors, because I couldn't
remember which ones I had and which I needed. Many of my books
have never been shelved, and I am now working on that. (What a
pain, splicing the ones that had been shelved and those that have
not been shelved, sorted, logged, etc.)
 
On Sun, 01 May 2011 11:09:47 -0400, Jean B. wrote:


Somehow I lost Italy. So I need that again, and I'd like the see the
ones from USA and Spain come back in print in paperback. I have
France, Greece, Russia, Germany, SE Asia, and European Specialities.
Plus I have a handful of Eurodelicies as well as Europes Master Chefs.

I had all of Culinaria at one time but shit happened. and yes, I have
accidentally bought volumes that I already had. I was buying them
here and there, and quicker than I could read or remember them.

-sw
 
On Sun, 01 May 2011 21:01:10 -0400, Jean B. wrote:


Never a Tunisia that I saw/had. I thought there was a Turkey, but I
guess not (other than a section in European Culinaria). Hungary is
one I haven't seen for a while. And the Carribean I only had briefly
before it went bye-bye. That was my least favorite anyway.


I put all my Culinaria together. Slightly different paperback
bindings, but the mostly go together.

One thing that I like about the paperbacks is that physical quality.
They are monster books but the binding and paper is top notch. They
match better than the hard backs ever did. The hardbacks were various
sizes and depths.

-sw
 
Sqwertz wrote:

Tunisia is a thin volume. My initial thought was that this and
other thin volumes were pulled from some larger volume, but that
seems not to be the case. I have not seen that that was the case
though.

I am in a quandary about how to shelve these books and other
international series. I had my Time-Life books scattered into
their various sections but didn't really like that and am still
not sure whether I even found all of them. As I begin to shelve
my books, I am holding these aside. I may very well do this with
the Culinaria volumes too. The "... The Beautiful series" makes
the decision easier, since I can't afford to space my shelves in
such a way that these get houses within the various countries.

--
Jean B.
 
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