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Extending the Table: A World Community Cookbook

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This is positively the best cookbook I own! I bought it while living in Belize, where specialty ingredients are scarce, and I was cooking all the time. Every single recipe I have made from this book (and I've made a few!) turned out perfect and amazingly tasty the very first time. The authors and testers have clearly done their work well. This book is worth buying for the (very-simple-to-prepare) Korean spinach salad recipe alone. People who *hate* spinach will love it! Hope you enjoy this cookbook as much as I have.

I've collected hundreds of books - from philosophy to mysteries to cookbooks. And, I'm a philosophy teacher who reads (lots of) fiction for pleasure. But if I were to save only one book for eternity, it would be this one. The recipes are presented clearly and are simple to prepare. But the book is more than the recipes. It is also a collection of inspiring stories from around the world. For those of us in the US, with luxuries and overabundance the norm, it is a humbling look at how the rest of the world struggles with the simplest needs. I have no particular religious affiliation but this is the book I turn to (at least once a year) for a spiritual overhaul and reality check. I can't recommend it enough.

I've had this cookbook for ten years. It's been dragged all over the world with me and I think I've actually tried over 60% of the recipes. Every meal has been delicious; beating-out "gourmet" recipes that take twice as much time to prepare. It's a wonderful way to get to know the cuisine of the real people of other cultures, too. I wish they were all written like this!

Great cookbook for living on a budget, but having gourmet tastes. Interesting, tasty and low cost meals that are easy to prepare. Uses alot of basics - beans, rice, etc.

All the recipes I have tried so far have been a big hit with my family. Most of the ingredients are easy to find or are already staples, so preparation isn't a chore. The instructions are also easy to read and there are explanatory notes on the origins of the recipes that add interest to the meal.

This is a lovely cookbook and general user-friendly guide to world conditions. It is inviting and the recipes are clear and tasty -- or at least authentic. You get the impression that you would like to have the authors over for dinner.

We received this as a Christmas gift this year, and we absolutely love it. Not only are the recipes varied and interesting, the stories are very interesting. We read it first like a book and are now working our way through the recipes. Highly recommended!

This book offers simple and diverse recipes that will be enjoyed by the most critical palates. Recommended for everyone who likes to entertain, and those living abroad.

Like the two books preceding it (The More-with-less Cookbook, and Living More with Less), this is a book to touch the heart as well as the kitchen and the purse. It's the kind of book you wear out, and buy again, and give to friends.

Stories from people who have lived in other countries, first as well as third world, give us a glimpse of other ways of life, sometimes delightful, sometimes painful, always less prodigal than we are with our own and the world's resources.

I first bought this cookbook for a friend, after seeing the wonderful recipies included I had to purchase one for myself. It is my favorite cookbook! Not only are you exploring foods of other cultures, you are eating what real, everyday people eat.