The World in Bite Size: Tapas, Mezze, and Other Tasty Morsels

by Paul Gayler

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904920721
• ISBN13: 9781904920724
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Kyle Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Recipes are good but book fell apart.

I got my cookbook about a year ago and it has already fallen apart; I don't mean from too much use either. I think the publishing company used very cheap glue for the binding and it is no longer together. So just beware if you were to give this as a gift because it appears cheaply assembled. The recipes are laid out for easy reading, the pictures are quite nice, kudos to Peter Cassidy, and there are lots of elegant recipes that truly reflect that region of the world. The recipes are divided by The Americas; Spain; Europe; N. Africa and Middle East; The Spice Route and the Far East. All recipes are geared to be an appetizer for 4 people so you will need to adjust accordingly if it's a meal or you have more than 4 guests. The section on The Americas included a recipe for scallop seviche, buljol, sardines, seviche verde using mackerel fillets, and many other tasty morsels. The Spain section included anchovy banderillas, stuffed potatoes with snails, bunuelos, squid meatballs, pohpiahs and many others. The recipes are gourmet and quite elegant. Your dinner guests will be impressed. If you're looking for small bites that are more family friendly then try Betty Crocker Small Bites: 100 Recipes for the Way You Really Cook (Betty Crocker Books), it has more recipes that are kid friendly. Some of the ingredients in this cookbook I was not able to find, such as screwpine leaves, chaat masala, valdeon cheese, jabugo and many other ingredients. The one recipe I really liked was the risotto balls, that one is definitely a keeper. Basically make the risotto, let it cool, add some chopped, cooked shiitake mushrooms to the rice. Roll into balls, dip in egg and panko breadcrumbs and deepfry. They were quite yummy and I served with a Portugese Grao Vasco Dao red wine. Overall, except for the binding, the cookbook is quite nice, great photos and clear precise directions.

excellent book and totally worth its price

I came across this book when I was looking for a book with recipes that would be more elegant and unique than a spinach artichoke dip or mozzarella sticks, in little parties with close friends. This book is exactly what I was looking for as the recipes are very impressing, elegant and delicious. The recipes in the book are very conveniently categorized according to the region they come from and being raised by the Mediterranean I can testify that at least the recipes pertaining to that part of the world are a good, even though small, representation of the type of food. Many recipes involve many ingredients which are not always the easiest to find and most recipes are time consuming , however almost all recipes on small bite size foods that are meant to impress and tease the senses in one bite (as they have only one shot to do so) are elaborative and require a lot of mincing and mixing and pureeing and all that. The result however, is SO much worth it. This is a book for whoever loves cooking and understands the dedication that good food that amuses and impresses takes, even when it is not a full meal. There is a recipe for every taste or international food preference in the book as unlike most other bite size books I have seen are more confined to the cooking traditions of one part of the world. My only complain of the book is that it has very few recipes, but after all its absolutely worth (and more) what you pay for it.