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Title: You Eat What You Are: People, Culture and Food Traditions by Thelma Barer-Stein, Thelma Baer-Stern ISBN: 1-55209-365-4 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $39.95

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Average Customer Rating: 1.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Outdated and inaccurate
Comment: I know Australia is at the end of the world for most Americans and Canadians, but I would presume that an ethnic cooking "expert" such as Barer-Stein presents herself to be could access more up to date information than the 30 year old sources used in her book.
Inaccuracies abound - including "home freezers are not yet common", "skim milk is not widely accepted", "cheeses are not a usual part of the diet", "potatoes are expensive"!!! and the unbelieveable lunch "the working person will have an inexpensive hot plate of mince, potato, and peas" -- Yuk! And certainly not a food habit of my living memory.
Not to mention the glossary: an amazing hodge-podge of food from the 1950s, New Zealand Maori seafood and strange fare such as a molehill "a desert of almond-filled prunes coated and mounded with gelatin, whipped eggs and cream and topped with chocolate" which nobody I know has ever heard of.
We also now eat kangaroo, emu and crocodile steaks, but never never never has goanna "a large fatty lizard, often eaten grilled" ever graced any South Australian table.
So - don't waste your money. This book is a sloppy updating of the author's 20 year old study. Firefly Books should be embarrassed to have it in their catalog.

Rating: 1
Summary: DECEPCIONADO
Comment: Me encanta leer libros de cocina y pense que este sería "el libro" para conocer arte y costumbres culinarias de otros paises. Como soy originario de México y ahora vivo en Brasil, lo primero que leí fue lo referente a estoa paises. QUE DECEPCIÓN!

La idea del libro es excelente y seguramente la autora tuvo que viajar, leer y estudiar mucho, pero pienso que debió haber pedido ayuda a que revisaran sus capítulos personas conocedoras de cada país o región.

Tiene muchos errores históricos, geográficos, culinarios y de ortografía del idioma original. Estoy preparando una lista de ellos que posteriormente enviaré.

La felicito por su dedicación, perodes graciadamente el resultado no es del todo bueno.

Hans Rio de Janeiro/Brasil

Rating: 5
Summary: A work of art for the inquisitive cook!
Comment: This book is truly a labor of love. No other book has such varied multicultural information all in one place. This book should be celebrated for its diversity and insight into the world of every imaginable cooking experience on the planet. I value this book highly for it's insight into a world I may not be able to visit without a reading tour. I have found her research to mirror much of my own research and I would highly recommend this book to those who look at cooking from an intellectual level and are curious about other cultures. My grandmother has always told me I have a Norwegian heritage and I was delighted by the 7 carefully written pages on this subject. If you want an overview of cooking from Africa, Albania, America, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Holland, England, France, Germany, Iran or even Japan....this is the book for you. While you will not find recipes you will finally understand what Mealie-meal is or why Bobotie is so good. For recipes from all over the globe you will have to wait for my cookbook to be published.