Pacific Northwest: The Beautiful Cookbook

This is, as its title proclaims, a beautiful book. It was highly recommended to me by a stellar home cook, and I am very impressed by both the exceptional recipes and the dazzling photographs of the prepared dishes. It is a delight that virtually every dish is represented with a photograph. _However_, the enormous coffee-table dimensions of this book make it unpractical. I have a very large bookcase for cookbooks in my kitchen, with tall shelves at the bottom. We have other bookcases, some with even taller shelves, throughout our house, home office and garage. This book is too tall to stand upright with the spine visible, in any of our bookcases; it simply cannot be stored conveniently for regular reference, and thus must be laid flat, like an atlas or Rizzoli art book. It takes up so much space, when opened flat, that it would occupy the entirety of many urban kitchen counters, leaving little space for food preparation. On the other hand, since its gorgeous photographs encourage the reader to peruse the book at leisure, it is useful for inspiration, especially for those of us who use recipes as a starting point, then deviate radically from the actual instructions. Or, if one has the patience and still remembers how, it is possible to copy out the recipes longhand, so that these promised culinary masterpieces can actually be prepared and enjoyed. I would recommend this book, with its recipes for many splendid dishes, so long as you are comfortable with the aforementioned limitations.

I've had this wonderful cookbook for a number of years, and it's just as relevant now as it was backy then. The pictures are beautiful, and the recipes are delicious.If you're a fan of northwest cooking, you'll love it.I like it so much that I bought four copies to give to my friends.

I found this on the table at my dentist's office. Reading through, it had a lot of promising-sounding recipes, so I found it on Amazon.It is a lovely coffee table book, but it is also a well-written cookbook with recipes that work.

You could not find a more beautiful cook book . It's stunning . Recently I moved to Washington and started researching cook books for Pacific Northwest cuisine and this one came up . The second hand copy was cheap and still in good condition with minor normal wear as any older book. Kathy has really done an amazing job. Though is book is older it is timeless and the food is delicious and she provides substitutes for those not in the area and for when certain things are off season . Because of this book I have ordered more and more from this beautiful series and they are all wonderful .

I had this book for years and it got wet and ruined it. I wanted to replace it. I came on Amazon and was surprised by the affordability of the pricing. I thought what do I have to lose by ordering it. After receiving it, it was in as good of shape as the book I had. I spent $30 on this book, when I bought it new. I paid a little over $8 on this used. After I purchased this book, I have bought 4 more and each has been in excellent condition. The Beautiful Cookbook is one of the best series of Cookbooks out there and this is a great way to collect them.

A great series, filled with information on the various regions, and regional recipes. I ordered my first one, "Mexico The Beautiful Cookbook". I have lived in Mexico for the last 22 years, and found the recipes to be authentic. So if they were authentic in one book, I felt that others in the series would be as equally accurate. I enjoyed the "Mexico" cookbook so much, I ordered three more of the series. Ultimately I intend to collect the entire series.

I love this cookbook. I am looking forward to making desserts and bread recipes.

Beautiful addition to my collection, recipes are always a new adventure

Belles illustrations et bonnes recettes.