Ms. Zamboni: Fantastic! really recommend!
Germany on Apr 19, 2022
On Toast: This book surprised me. With its gorgeous, sturdy cover, its focus on storytelling, its incredible photography, and its illustrated maps (yes, there are MAPS), I thought this is the type of cookbook that I'd buy for the journey and cook from it very little. I thought "Ingredients will be hard to come by" or "All the recipes will be as intricate as a Swiss clock." I purchased with plans to learn from it and enjoy the trek across the mountains, maybe with 1-2 attempts to cook from it.
I was wrong. This book is both beautiful and practical. Like the countries, people, and places covered, the recipes are diverse and range from Beginner to Double-Diamond levels of challenging. Yes, there are some fiddly ingredients most Americans won't have in their pantry, but I've been surprised by how easy substitutions were. And there's a lot of variety to choose from; this book approaches apricot dumplings and raclette with the same generous spirit as it does glamorous mile-high cakes like the Torinese Bonet. After six months with the book, I've had success with the Easy and Medium recipes presented, building my confidence in my own skills and encouraging me to try recipes that I'd never...
United States on Jan 31, 2021
Amazon Customer: Gorgeous book of notes and recipes. Full of beautiful pictures of the Alps and recipes. Having recently travelled to Austrian and Swiss Alps. I’m missing pictures of the places I’d seen and wished there were more photographs of Alpine landscape and scenic views seen from Bernina express etc. or full page photographs of the cows returning from the mountains and the villages. Probably would have made the book much heavier. However is a gorgeous book and does not detract from the beauty of photographs in the book. Highly recommended.
Australia on Jul 02, 2020
Mimi: I love this cookbook, and it's so transporting to look at, so grab a drink, preferably du vin chaud, and tuck in. Having lived in the French Alps for years, it was always my dream to write a cookbook about the food from the region, but alas I am not a writer! So thank you, Meredith Erickson for fulfilling my wildest dreams. My only qualm, being partial to la belle France, would have been more on the French Alps, but other than that I adore this book, merci. The author spent a painstaking amount of time researching and it shows. I learned a lot on alpine cookery. I don't eat meat, and which there is a fair share of recipes here, but nonetheless I had to have this. Beautiful coffee table book. Enjoyed the stories in each of the chapters. Write more on the region - if possible.
United States on May 11, 2020
Rifugio Bioch Alta Badia: Maybe the best "cooking Book" for everybody. It explains where the author has been in the Alps, in unspoiled restaurants, huts and kitchens. Everything is written in a very passionate way. Anyone who is serious about the mountains should own this book. I love this book. Buy it.
Italy on Mar 14, 2020
Mrs Neux: What a glorious book, wonderful photographs and my goodness what knowledge and information Meredith Erickson
has gathered and absorbed in her amazing7 travels throughout the Alps.
Almost, the next best thing, to an Alpine sojourn, almost!
Reading the Austrian recipes particularly, has been a joy, as we skied there mostly for some years. I even had to put
some Austrian music on, to accompany my reading!
Thank You Meredith.
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United Kingdom on Jan 10, 2020
D. Wilson: This is a perfect book. It is inspiring, exciting, informative, beautiful, well written, and the recipes (at least as far as I have gotten through them) are spot on. I can't wait to plan our trip to Alpine Europe, but in the meantime I get to live like I was there. We are systematically going through these recipes at our cabin at 7000 ft. Our cabin is comfortable, but like so many has a small kitchen. These recipes lend themselves to cabin and mountain living and work perfectly in smaller kitchens and mountain homes. The only caveat is that the ingredients we purchase while at sea level in a larger city. US mountain towns don't have access to the bounty of the European pantry of cheeses, meats, and spices. My title is that I wish I were the only one to have this book, because it truly feels like Ms. Erickson has let you in on the best kept Euro secrets for travel and dining. More importantly, for those that can't get to Europe right away... it's like having access to a Alpine hut dining experience in your home. The goulash is superb, the speck dumplings awesome, the Tartiflette is a revelation of potato, onion, bacon, and cheese. The Schnitzel came out perfect. So far all the...
United States on Nov 27, 2019
T. Bojko: This is a lovely book and more of a launching pad for Alpine living than simply a cookbook. The recipes are easy to follow and while there aren't that many of them considering the size of this book, the selection and range is excellent. There are simple treats such as the pumpkin seed oil sundae or the classic rosti (a hash brown...but so much more), to a bunch of fun little salads and pickled items, to Alpine oddities such as pine schnapps and the glorious chamois pie. Oh, the step by step pictures of Kaiserschmarrn are just so inviting.
While coffee table cookbooks are a bit tiresome, this is so much more than that as the saucy writing and photographs will surely excite anyone's lust for travel and exploration. The clever sidebars, the maps, the anecdotes, the suggestions for further reading, the wine suggestions, the cheeses -- everything comes together to create something that is more like an atmosphere than a cookbook.
United States on Oct 28, 2019
Mary K McArthur: I was eagerly awaiting this book, being a fan of Meredith Erickson’s previous books. I must say Alpine Cooking delivered way above my already high expectation. Meredith provides a wonderful narrative throughout this travelogue/cookbook by being informative and humorous at the same time. Photography is stunning in that it invokes a vintage feel which I like. The recipes are interesting yet uncomplicated. Friends on my Christmas list are in for a special treat this year!
Canada on Oct 20, 2019
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| Total Reviews | 31 reviews | 202 reviews | 103 reviews |
| Hardcover | 352 pages | 256 pages | 208 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1607748748 | 978-0544275003 | 978-1592339754 |
| Travel Writing Reference | Travel Writing Reference | ||
| Publisher | Ten Speed Press; NO-VALUE edition | Harvest; Illustrated edition | Harvard Common Press |
| ISBN-10 | 1607748746 | 0544275004 | 1592339751 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8/5 stars of 445 ratings | 4.8/5 stars of 4,745 ratings | 4.8/5 stars of 907 ratings |
| Best Sellers Rank | #13 in Fondue Recipes#131 in Gastronomy Essays #136 in Travel Writing Reference | #6 in Southwestern U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine#7 in Western U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine#47 in Comfort Food Cooking | #18 in Cast Iron Recipes#64 in Meat Cooking#79 in Barbecuing & Grilling |
| Dimensions | 8.8 x 1.45 x 11.3 inches | 7.94 x 1.11 x 10 inches | 9.3 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches |
| Language | English | English | English |
| Gastronomy Essays (Books) | Gastronomy Essays | ||
| Item Weight | 4.42 pounds | 2.2 pounds | 2.04 pounds |
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