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Starters & Sides: Made Easy Promises “Favorite triple-tested recipes” that are easy to make. All the recipes are Kosher and include plating and serving suggestions. There is even a spice guide for those of you that are “spice shy”.
The Good:
I enjoyed the full color photos for nearly every recipe in the book. They looked appetizing and delicious. I also enjoyed the spice guide. I know quite a bit about spices and I am definitely not spice shy when it comes to cooking, but I enjoyed the in-depth explanation of each spice from peppers to types of salt. I also enjoyed the serving suggestions in the book as well as suggestions on how to make each dish a main dish rather than a side.
The Bad:
To be completely honest, I did not find the recipes in the book “easy”. I tried to make a couple of them and neither turned out well. The book requires some more advanced cooking techniques and advanced kitchen tools that a lot of home cooks do not have. As far as the recipes are, many of them require foods that are more specialty, as well as expensive and not found in the average grocery store such as specialty rices and even veal.
Overall, I would say this book is more for someone who knows more advanced cooking and has an audience that enjoys more worldly flavors.
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