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wlrider's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I wonderful cookbook with beautiful photos of classic Filipino dishes. There is also nice descriptions about the history and culture of the Philippines and its various regions. It is a great culinary book that belongs in any cooks bookcase that is interested in Filipino cooking.
lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
a great reference to come back to with a wide range of recipes.
momey's review against another edition
5.0
Jessica I've been meaning to tell you about this one. It has interesting recipes for sure but its even more interesting about the influences and history of filipino food. I havent yet made anything in it but the adobo is really high on my list of future cooking ;-)
annabelledejesus's review against another edition
5.0
Can we just talk about how important and gorgeous it is to look on my shelf and see this!? My inner child is affirmed.
amynbell's review against another edition
2.0
Trying to find a recipe I wanted to try from this book for our cookbook club was challenging. Everything seemed to have lots of sugar cane vinegar and was way outside the realm of my normal international food adventures. Maybe I need to taste the cuisine first to make up my mind, but since the pandemic canceled our cookbook club, I guess I'll never know. I was going to make a roast with burnt coconut and sugar cane vinegar, but my family doesn't like coconut, so I nixed that recipe. I did make a weird rice-flour cake wrapped in banana leaves and topped with boiled eggs and Edam cheese. It was way too sweet for me to eat more than a couple of servings. Nobody else in the house wanted to even try it. The banana leaves made it taste tea flavored. Now I have so many banana leaves in my freezer. Anybody need banana leaves? The 2 stars is just my reaction to the recipes. I might revise it if the cookbook club meets later.
claireak95's review against another edition
4.0
This is a really interesting cookbook about Filipino food. It gives a lot of history about the various influences on Filipino food (which there are a ton of, due to trade and colonialism) so it's very informative. Mostly, it looks very hard to cook from because there are a lot of specifically Filipino ingredients, but it was still so interesting and informative.