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Old 06-15-2009, 02:04 PM
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I've found the Culinaria books pretty as well, but I don't think they're particularly good in actual cooking content. Kind of touristy is how I would describe it. Eating there, but not cooking it yourself. I own two,(Southeast Asia and Germany), have looked at others and found them all disappointing from the cooking aspect. The section on bratwurst in the German edition is awful. Poor discussion of the regional variations and cooking techniques that contribute to their differences.
Yeah, they are Costco specials, great coffee table books, but that's about ti.
I hope that's how I came across in my original post.
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