What do you think of this?

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sallybr

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A friend of mine sent me a message with a very nice review of the book "Mexico: The Cookbook"

http://www.amazon.com/Mexico-Cookbook-Margarita-Carrillo-Arronte/dp/0714867527

I went to amazon to check out price and reviews, and one reviewer gave it one star, with the following comment:

Representing Diana Kennedy, who asked me to post this to the comments section on "Mexico: The Cookbook" -

>The comments for this unwieldy book come from people who don't know or don't care about real Mexican food. With at least 60 mistakes and 16 recipes of mine used, without my permission or acknowledgement

This book is not to be taken seriousy. Shame on the PhaIdon editors and their ridiculous promotional blurbs!

> DK

Sooo, I don't know what to think - I am a bit surprised that she would ask someone to post a negative remark, when she could do it herself...

 
I think it sounds fishy to me. Why in the world would Diana Kennedy

have someone else post this. If they were indeed using her recipes, why wouldn't she have her publisher get involved?

 
Mexico the Cookbook

Seems to me that if Diana Kennedy wants to comment on the book, then she can just do it herself. I'd take it with a grain of salt, whether it's really from her or not. Doesn't matter.

About the book....it just arrived a couple days ago and I've been really enjoying going through it, page by page, and marking recipes that look interesting. Indeed, the editing could be a whole lot better. It's not consistently careful or thorough. There are indeed mistakes here and there and recipes that don't read clearly. And ingredients called for that aren't explained and not included in the glossary. For me, a big glaring gap is the lack of a map - even though every recipe has a reference for the area from which it came. Yes, we can all look these geographic things up via Google, but what the heck? A book that purports to be a complete compendium of Mexican cooking should have a dang map. Having said all that, it's a terrific look at Mexcian cooking and all its variations throughout the country. It's comprehensive and approachable. In short -- I love and appreciate and cook (real) Mexican food and wouldn't want to be without this book. Oh, and yeah, I don't have even one of Ms. Kennedy's cookbooks.
cheerio, Bonnie

 
Great review!

you should probably add it to amazon.com smileys/wink.gif

I don't think I'm going to get it - I have way too many cookbooks as it is, it would have to be a totally spectacular book for me to invite it home

the same editors published decades ago The Silver Spoon, and I am part of the minority that did not care for it.

 
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