![]() ![]() Any book that has recipes for ostrich, octopus, oxtail, orecchiette and omelets has to be fallible at some point. We haven't found them yet, but will update this review when they show up. It must be chock full of recipes that end up not tasting very good. Surely we can't follow these simple directions and reproduce such attractive results. ![]() The photos accompanying many of the recipes are surely just setting us up for disappointment (such 'preparing simple food with fresh ingredients in starkly rustic-yet-elegant setting' photos abound in The Book). Look down below, see what we mean, we'll wait. I mean come on, I'm lost here - shouldn't that have taken up at least two or three flowery paragraphs?īut no, the entire recipe it comes from - 'Chicken Roulades with Sage' - clocks in at a puny 90 words total of instruction. ![]() Roll up, wrap in the pancetta slices and secure with toothpicks." "Place two sage leaves on each portion and season with salt and pepper. Yes.įirst off, a couple sentences as example: You're probably sick of hearing the rave reviews on this behemoth (you know: blah blah, 2000 recipes, every Italian kitchen has had one for 50 years, Italian bible of cooking, beautiful photography, etcetera, etcetera), so here we go, we're going to try to pan it at epicurean. ![]()
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