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6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 So good you might want to get two! Jan 08, 2009
By A. I. Berg
The hefty price tag made that it has been on my wish list for a while.
But the book is worth every penny!
It has wonderful travel stories and the most beautiful pictures that take me right back to our holiday in Turkey.
And the recipes are absolutely delicious! There are a few original recipes, but mostly it's Greg Malouf's own recipes which are a modern take on the Turkish kitchen, but put together with the highest respect for it's origins.
The book itself is printed on beautiful paper and has a heavy duty binding.
This book is so good that you might want two.....one for the coffee table and one to get stained in the kitchen.
A delicious book!
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Not to be missed Jan 31, 2010
By Cooking in France
I am avid cookbook collector and user, but am rarely moved to write reviews. I have also had the pleasure of visiting Istanbul and experiencing first hand the wonderful cuisine. Turquoise far surpassed my expectations. It is hard to know what pleases me more - the excellent collection of recipes presented with clear, easy to follow instructions or the amazing photographs and descriptions that place the recipes in their colorful contexts. It is definitely one of the gems of my collection, one which I would recommend highly both to someone looking for a gift or to treat themselves.
9 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Excellent cookbook! Sep 28, 2009
By Carol M. Porter
I am a collector of cookbooks and let me tell you, get this one. Some very different recipes with well written, clear directions. I could live on the yoghurt with chicken soup and the olive salad with pistachios, walnuts and pomegranate seeds is fabulous. I am cooking my way through it....Terrific book.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Is it a cookbook? Or an elegant coffee table book? Jun 29, 2010
By Erica Bell
You spend the morning in the souk, window-shopping for gold bracelets and rugs. You pass by fruit and spice stalls. You can feel the scents of cardamom and rosewater begin to soak into your cotton shirt. You stop at a café and order a small, strong, sweet coffee and listen to the storyteller on the dias entertaining the crowd. You order a small, exquisite milk pudding, sprinkled with almonds and pomagranite seeds like little gems....
Greg and Lucy Malouf are your traveling partners as you peruse the vibrant, healthy cuisines of Turkey. You couldn't ask for better guides. The Maloufs travel all over Turkey and introduce you to regions and cooking styles you've NEVER heard about. If you thought (as I did) that Turkish cooking was greasy lamb, gooey Turkish Delight and bitter coffee, you couldn't be more wrong.
Aside from the recipes, this book is positively riddled with drop-dead photos--of people, regions, food, markets. And always the sea, as Turkey's almost surrounded by water. One photo in particular looks almost like an Orientalist painting: a young Istanbul man in a white kaftan and fez powdered in flour, holds the delicate sheets of phyllo he's rolled. It's as if he stepped out of the kitchens of the Seraglio a hundred years ago.
What's more, along with recipes for kofte and puddings, cookies, delicate chicken, beef and lamb recipes, The Maloufs have narrated a fascinating journey through the Homeland--vendors, chefs and housewives are pumped for advice and directions to the ferry. It reads like a novel. Enchanting.
The book's huge and heavy enough to hold a bank vault door open. But you'll never use it as a doorstop--it's so colorful, helpful and entertaining that it could happily sit on your coffee table, thrilling guests forever.
PS: I've tried the Kofte recipes. Delicious!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful book! Jul 29, 2009
By Caroline U
"Perfectly Imperfect"
This is a lovely book full of stunning pictures from all around Turkey. It's pretty enough to prominently display on a coffee table or counter, but functional because the recipes are easy to follow and delicious! We just got this book 2 days ago and have already made three recipes (all successful). My only wish would be to see the Turkish name for every recipe (not just a select few). And, my husband (from Turkey) says the recipes are really tasty, but they're adaptations of traditional recipes. So, if you're looking to impress some Turkish friends, be aware you're making "new" versions of traditional foods- and they're quite tasty!!!
Enjoy Turquoise, it makes me want to go back to Turkey every time I open another page... makes me hungry too!
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