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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I love Indian food. I love to cook- I come from a family of seriously devoted chefs. I lived in Pakistan a number of years ago and still find myself craving the recipes I tasted there. My husband grew up in a Sikh community and he craves the dishes of his childhood. I got this book hoping it would give me an easily available reference, and the reviews were all so wonderful. I have had the book for over a year now and I have not made a single dish from it that I was excited about after the tasting commenced. Her descriptions sound enticing enough, but I have been very disappointed in the flavour, texture and appearance of the dishes. I have tried not to play with the ingredients in… Read more
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I picked this up at the library for my 20 month old, and she glommed onto it instantly. She wants it read 5 to 20 times a day, and walks around the house going "Hippo Hop, Hippo Hop [by the]light [of the] moon". The text is rhythmic and happy, and my little one loves to name all the animals. She hasn't liked a book this much since "Hippos Go Berserk" (hmm, a theme developing here?)
Grandma read it to her recently and pointed out that the underlying messages were very positive- i.e. when the animals leave "by twos" (after dancing all night) the mole leaves with a frog, and the wildebeest has been dancing with a zebra.
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