Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe or Hotel Del Coronado Cookbook

Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe

Author: Lesley Chamberlain

The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe, first published in 1989 and a companion volume to Lesley Chamberlain’s acclaimed The Food and Cooking of Russia, surveys the rich and diverse food cultures that were known to few people in the West during the half century when Europe was divided. It contains more than two hundred recipes interwoven with historical background and notes from the author’s extensive experiences traveling through Central and Eastern Europe. When originally published this practical cookbook revealed how the world’s most delicious sausages, goulash and sauerkraut, fruit dumplings, cheesecake, and many other dishes tasted in their homelands. Now, in a quite different political world, this book is a vital resource for remembering life before the Iron Curtain was lifted.This Bison Books edition contains period illustrations and a new introduction by the author that describes how dramatically this region and its food have changed since the end of Central and Eastern Europe’s isolation in 1989.

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Hotel Del Coronado Cookbook

Author: Beverly Bass

Take home more than just memories of this world-class resort. This catalog of classic cuisine by the Del's former food and beverage directior lists complete meals as served in the ballrooms and dining rooms. Included among the menus are the presidential banquets, the world-famous Sunday brunch, choice dishes of celebrities, and the menu from the hotel's million-dollar birthday bash.

Publishers Weekly

This California coastal institution, which opened in 1888, is a Victorian enormity--complete with cupolas, dormer windows, Deco menus and many memories; a photo, circa 1958, shows Ronald Reagan's tousled family on the beach, ready for anything. (The menu for a lunch Reagan hosted is duly reproduced, from chilled avocado soup with caviar dot to almond petits fours.) And so the appeal of a book collecting recipes from the hotel's first century is bound to seize nostalgists who appreciate rather quaint American ideas of elegance, whether this means Boursin-stuffed strawberries (with caviar), Milton Berle's vodka-steamed lobster with Dijon sauce, or a colossal chocolate truffle tree. Recipes in profusion will entertain readers, and provide a good starting point for entertaining in the old style. Color photos of famous visitors are fetchingly naive. Bass was food and beverage director of the Coronado for 12 years. Photos not seen by PW . (Aug.)

BookList

The former food-and-beverage director of the Hotel Del Coronado, a well-known Southern California resort, captures, via more than 350 recipes and 30 menus, both the hotel's spirit and its gastronomy. Perhaps more appealing than the recipes are the stories of presidential dinners prepared for Nixon, Carter, and Reagan, and of celebrity celebrations, from the twenty-fifth anniversary party of "Some Like It Hot" to Beverly Sills' retirement dinner. Preparation itself eschews simplicity for grandeur; in fact, at least half of the recipes are chef standards--steak tartare, hoppin' John salad, mimosa cocktails, and medallions of Alaskan salmon. Still, ideas for weddings, beach parties, holidays, and casual entertaining are creative, allowing readers to copy the tried-and-true successfully.