1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die

I received a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The review can be found on my blog as well

Truthfully, I have to admit that I dreaded an impossibly thick book with hundrets of recipes I'd never manage to cook because the only thing I'm really good at are deserts.

What needless worry that was! What I found when I managed to open the file in the Adobe Digital Edition - after quite a lot of frustrated minutes during which I tried to somehow convert the acsm. file - was a beauty to behold.

So many delicious looking dishes I'd never seen before! So much food history and descriptions!

It was interesting to look through the dishes of my home country and note that I either haven't tried the dish yet or find it rather revolting. Well, that only goes for most of the meat dishes, sweet things are another matter entirely ^^

The sad part about the book is that you simply can't make some of the dishes at home like Fugu for various reasons. It is carefully sliced blowfish, served only by licensed chefs as even a little of the blowfish poison can be deadly.
Maybe that wasn't the best example to explain how Mimi Sheraton's book made me yearn for far away places, although the blowfish must truly be heavenly if people are willing to risk their lifes in order to get a taste of this delicacy.

There are so many fascinating, intriguing, delicious and appealing foods in here that it makes me want to go out there and try them all. This is the perfect addition to your travel and sightseeing books if you plan to visit foreign countries and taste foreign cultures.