Reviews for The Good-for-You Garlic Cookbook: Over 125 Deliciously Healthful Garlic Recipes

The average rating for The Good-for-You Garlic Cookbook: Over 125 Deliciously Healthful Garlic Recipes based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-09-21 00:00:00 Andrew Phelps Decent book about spicy foods in South and Central America - the authors did not include Mexico, stating that the country's "great tradition of spicy food" needed to be dealt with separately (but it occurs to me that Mexico's accessibility to New Mexico-based Chile Pepper Magazine may also have something to do with this). The book includes a range of recipes from the region (primarily Brazil and Peru, with their national traditions of hot dishes, but also Panama, Guyana, Argentina, Columbia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Belize, Uruguay, Chile, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia), exclusively ones with ingredients readily obtainable in 1990s US, so, although dishes with cuy (guinea pig), llama, dog, iguana, monkey, tapir and vizcacha are discussed, there are no accompanying recipes. The one exception is a dish containing Rhea, where the authors suggest substituting turkey (although nowadays, ostrich would probably be better). There is also an excellent selection of African-influenced dishes from the Bahia region of Brazil. The book starts with a brief discussion of pepper species by type and region. Finally, each section (and some sidebars) includes details on food use and traditions in pre-Columbian, Colonial (under Spain and Portugal) and modern (independent) periods.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-30 00:00:00 Kris Rindahl This is a strange book for an even stranger game. I like how it's done in a narrative, rather than simply a walkthrough for the game. I kind of wish all strategy guides were like that, as it would make them more of a novel instead of a downpour of information. At least done after the info overload, anyway. The game itself is good and very challenging, despite being wholly creepy and unsettling. The strategy guide is also well-done and well-worth reading. Especially if, like me, you got stuck a ridiculous amount of times and had to have the game solve the puzzle for you more than once. I lost count of how many times Stauf teased/annoyed me with "feeling lonely" and laughing at me in the maze puzzle. I wished I'd had this book then so I could have found my way through it a little easier.