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The German Cookbook: A Complete Guide to Mastering Authentic German Cooking

Mimi Sheraton

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Here is the completely authentic book of German cuisine, from delicious soups to the greatest baking specialties of the world, complete with indexes and both English and German. In addition to the easy-to-follow recipes, the author discusses some of the great restaurants in Germany and how to order the traditional dishes. She researched these recipes for a year in the United States, eating almost every night in German restaurants, from the most expensive, to small neighborhood eateries, then traveled throughour Germany itself. Every recipe has been tested in her own kitchen--she guarantees that the ingredients are readily available and that the average person needs no special equipment in order to cook it.

"Few countries in Europe," the author writes in her introduction, "have landscapes more beautiful or maore varied than those of Germany. It is not a large country, slightly smaller than the state of Montana, but within this area there is almost every kind of terrain one finds in the Temperate Zone. The German cuisine is almost as varied as the terrain. Just as Bavaria passes as the archetype for the entire country, so the food of that section--the dumplings, sausages, beer, pork, and cabbage dishes--represents German cooking to the outside world Delicious though these dishes may be, they hardly begin to give even a clue to the whole spectrum of German cooking, which has more appeal than the average American palate than that of any other foreign country. Think of all the German dishes that have been taken over by Americans--not only hamburgers and frankfurters, with or without sauerkraut, but the jelly doughnut that was first the Berliner Pfannkuchen, Boston Creme Pie, that in Germany is 'Moor's Head'; the range of Christmas cookies; and even that old stand-by of ladies' luncheons, creamed chicken in a patty shell, that appears in every German Konditorei as Koniginpastetchen."

Here they all are, hundreds of them. So Prosit and gut essen: your health and good eating.

Great German Recipes

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German specialties and more! 5 out of 5 stars.
19 of 20 people found this review helpful.

Great German Recipes, in the popular recipe-card file size Stocking Stuffer format, is chock-full of the best recipes and notes about Germany. This book was compiled by Lynn Hattery-Beyer who married a German editor and has strong interest in the foods and traditions of the various regions of Germany. Originally from Iowa, Lynn went to West German to study, and stayed! The cover was done by artist Helen Blanck of Minnesota, who created the border art. She utilizes the traditional motif of flowers in this design.

Great German Recipes contains an array of information on German-American culture. language and sites. Notes on German Table Blessings and Traditions demonstrate how German eating habits differ from ours in many respects. Also included are Menu Suggestions for a complete, delicious meal!

The German specialties included in this book are wonderful! Beverages of Fruit Punch and May Wine are sure to please any visitor. Start your meal with a Dandelion Salad and Bremen Herring served with Old Order Amish Bread! For a main course try Stuffed Cabbage Rolls or Venison Terrine with Black Forest Asparagus and Caraway Potatoes. For dessert, try the Bavarian Sweet Rolls or Oma`s Apple Dumplings! These are just a few of the options offered in this book!

Great German Recipes is excellent for personal collections and as a memento of German-American traditions!

Editorial Review:

This book, in the popular recipe-card-file-size, stocking-stuffer format, is chock full of best recipes and notes about Germany, including information on German-American culture, language, and sites. The German specialties in this book are wonderful. Beverages of fruit punch and May wine are sure to please any visitor. Start your meal with a dandelion salad and Bremen herring served with Old-Order Amish bread! For a main course try stuffed cabbage rolls or venison Terrine with Black Forest asparagus and caraway potatoes. For dessert, try the Bavarian sweet rolls or Oma's apple dumplings!

Spoonfuls of Germany: Culinary Delights of the German Regions in 170 Recipes (Hippocrene Cookbook Library)

Nadia Hassani

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Good, basic, authentic recipes. 5 out of 5 stars.
26 of 26 people found this review helpful.

I own just about every German cookbook I can get my hands on, including a couple of them written in German. Spoonfuls of Germany has become among my favorites.

First of all, the 170 recipes really do reflect the cuisine from all over the country. (In the U.S., most of our knowledge of German food is Bavarian; my theory is that it's because most American servicemen were stationed in the southeast.) The author breaks down her regions into northern lights; eastern roots; western crossroads; and southern peaks. This sometimes is a little confusing (where would you look for recipes from the Rhine?), and it means you have to look in four places if you're in search of, say, salads, but it works out okay.

What makes it all worthwhile is that these recipes are _good_. They're simple enough for you to make for a weeknight dinner, too. Plus, they're decidedly German: her recipe for Rote Grütze (red berry pudding) tasted exactly the way I remembered from my travels. These are all very comfortable on an American table, however; her beet salad with horseradish vinaigrette got rave reviews on my Thanksgiving table. No leftovers whatsoever.

While you'll find recipes for all the traditional heavy German dishes, such as saurbraten or stuffed potato dumplings, you'll also learn that a lot of German food is delicate -- you won't always need a nap after lunch. From shrimp soup with white asparagus to sauteed sole with remoulade, you'll find something delicious to try for dinner.

Great book. Recommended.

Editorial Review:

This book goes beyond the sauerkraut and knackwurst stereotype to unveil the often overlooked diversity of German cuisine. 170 regional recipes range from classic dishes, such as spaetzle with cheese and sauerbraten to forgotten delicacies like Westfalian pumpernickel pudding. Numerous profiles, anecdotes, and food lore complete the book.

Culinaria Germany

Christine Metzger

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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Food and culture are inexorably tied together. The Culinaria series reports on every aspect of the cuisine of a country within the context of the people who created it. One of the most successful series in cook book history, these new editions are updated with the guidance of first-class chefs, and come in a durable flexi-cover format to withstand abuse while spending time in the kitchen.

The teams behind each Culinaria volume spend months in the region they are working on, allowing them time to fully absorb all of the food and drink a country can offer. Profusely illustrated with spectacular photography and abundantly peppered with authentic recipes, these volumes are a treat for both the mind and the palate.


Learn about the history behind the dishes, their cultural significance, and how to prepare them.
Beautiful photographs take you on a tour from the local villages to inside the kitchen where you will find the final product.
Enormous variety of magnificent photographs and tempting recipes together with knowledgeable text that is easy for readers and cooks of all skill levels to understand.

The New German Cookbook: More Than 230 Contemporary and Traditional Recipes

Jean Anderson, Hedy Wurz

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Contemporary German cooking couples hearty regional traditions with the subtle, light, and more sophisticated tastes of the modern palate. Jean Anderson and Hedy Würz lead readers from the back roads of Bavaria to the vineyards on the Moselle, from a quaint subterranean tavern in Lübeck to the three-star restaurants of Munich, opening kitchen doors and kettle lids to reveal modern Germany's gastronomic triumphs.

With explanations of ingredients, clear instructions, and evocative introductions to the recipes, the cooking of today's Germany is illuminated for American cooks. All the traditional dishes are here, many in their original robust versions and others cleverly lightened by German's new generation of chefs and home cooks. Potato salad, barely glossed with dressing, then greened with fresh chevil; sauerkraut teamed with cod; and pumpernickel reduced to crumbs and folded into an airy Bavarian cream are just a few of the creative new German dishes that nevertheless bow to tradition. A chapter on wine and beer by Lamart Elmore, former executive director of the German Wine Information Bureau, completes the picture of Germany's total gastronomic experience.

Germany today is a land of contradictions, a land where meandering rivers run alongside autobahns, where castles and cuckoo clocks coexist easily with high tech, high fashion, and haute cuisine. German food reflects this rich tapestry, and in The New German Cookbook, Jean Anderson and Hedy Würz import and interpret the traditional and the subtle, flavorful, and sophisticated dishes of modern Germany for American cooks.

Classic German Cookbook: 70 traditional recipes from Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, shown step-by-step in 300 photographs (Classic (Southwater))

Lesley Chamberlain

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Full of hearty and nourishing recipes brimming with variety and flavour, this evocative and inspirational cookbook will delight all those new to the traditional cooking of Germany and Central Europe and introduce surprising new recipes to those who have already enjoyed the richness of this classic cuisine.

Austrian Cooking and Baking

Gretel Beer

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Bland Offering of Exciting Cusine 3 out of 5 stars.
24 of 30 people found this review helpful.

Having some Austrian ancestry in me and having sampled some fine Austria fare, ventured to try and find a good source. This isn't completely what I am looking for.

Recipes are too basic, not enough purchasing and prep hints. No photos whatsoever to entice.

Did find some interesting stuff, though: Wuerstelbraten, Galantine of Chicken, Souffle Rothschild.

For baking, see "Kaffehaus" by Rick Rodgers; for Austrian cooking, see W. Pauk.

Austrian chef tested this book and cooked 2/3 of recipes 5 out of 5 stars.
17 of 17 people found this review helpful.

I am an Austrian chef and very interested in cookbooks; especially books that are written in English, for they are read worldwide and so influence what people think of Austrian cuisine, and how they cook if they want to cook Austrian. (...)
All in all that book is worth the money, most recipes are quite original, and the instructions are good. Photos would be helpful. For this price I would buy it again.

Editorial Review:

authentic recipes offer the best in Austrian home cooking: beef broth with dumplings, potato soup, kalbsgulash, four kinds of schnitzel and more, including 171 dessert recipes—apricot dumplings, Linzertorte, Sachertorte, apple strudel and much more.

German Cooking: The Complete Guide to Preparing Classic and Modern German Cuisine, Adapted for the American Kitchen

Marianna Olszewska Heberle

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Authentic recipes from Germany 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I absolutely loved this book, as does my mother who is originally from Silesia, Germany (now Poland). The recipes use authentic ingredients, are easy to follow, and are indicative of the foods from all regions of Germany, not just East, West, South, North like so many other cookbooks. My father was stationed throughout Germany, so we are familiar with the different flavors of Germany and appreciated the author's broad reach so that we could sample our many favorites, and we found new ones, to. My mother is very critical (no surprise!) about German cookbooks and asked me to order this one for her birthday since she's enjoyed the recipes we've prepared.

Sloppy 1 out of 5 stars.
6 of 8 people found this review helpful.

If the spelling errors and switched illustrations are any indication, the recipes are likely not worth it. I was looking at the recipe for Wiener Schnitzel trying to figure out where the rolling depicted in the illustration figured in the recipe. Might be an ok book if you know German cooking and just need measurements etc. Another hilarious example: a recipe titled "Kuchen". Which one do you mean? ;-)

Editorial Review:

A combination of traditional recipes with lighter, contemporary German dishes--from soups and salads to entrees and desserts--this cookbook is filled with more than two hundred easy-to-follow German recipes adapted for the American kitchen. Original.

German Home Cooking

Maria Swaringen

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

The Best European Cookbook I Have 5 out of 5 stars.
32 of 35 people found this review helpful.

German Home Cooking is the greatest cookbook for German recipies. I have cooked many of the meals from this wonderful resource and watched both my family and many an invited guest just swoon over the refined tastes offered from this book. Many of my friends just can't stop talking about the delectible aroma and flavor that the recipies provide, a truely genuine European experience. Reading and sharing the humorous stories included in the book add so much entertainment to my meals, and I found the unknown facts about WWII very interesting; a real inside view from a pure native of that country. I would recommend this cookbook to everyone as a unique addition to their home, and to their library.

Much more than an ordinary cookbook! 5 out of 5 stars.
18 of 20 people found this review helpful.

This is a wonderful cookbook. It not only has delicious recipes but it has a lot of wonderful stories. It gives you some history and insight to life during WWII and the love and strength of a family. It makes a great gift and is a wonderful addition to any kitchen.

Authentic German Recipes 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Excellent book. I gave it to a German friend and he said the recipes were authentic and after trying a few, he concluded that they were "just like mom's home cooking."

German Cookery: The Crown Classic Cookbook Series (Crown Classic Cookbook)

Elizabeth Schuler

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Ich verstehe nicht. 2 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

This cookbook is not fully translated. There are ingredients and measurements that are nearly impossible for Americans to find or understand. Some recipes I tried did not even turn out right or if they did, it was a shame because they were terrible. This cookbook is good for reference and maybe comparisons with other recipes, but that is all.

I can find better recipes on the internet 2 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

this book is lacking in so many ways. my husband is half german (he grew up in germany) and this book does NOT have half of the things that he loves (which was why i bought it). i STRONGLY do not recommend this book!

Had no problems using the recipes and this book is thrifty 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I've cooked several recipes from the German Cookery cookbook. Yes, some of the writing is not as clear as it should be, but an experienced cook should be able to use the recipes without too many problems.

I've made the Tomato Sauce (Tomatensauce #284) and was wondering about the water to thin the sauce. I finally figured it out but the recipe was not clear.

The Onion Butter (Zweibelbutter #296) is excellent over mashed potatoes.

The Stuffed Peppers (Gefulter Paprika) are excellent and one of the tastiest recipes for Stuffed Peppers I've ever made.

And the Young Vegetables (Junges Gemuse #215) are excellent.

No complaints and the recipes are tasty.

Editorial Review:

From the Crown Classic Cookbook series--which features a collection of the world's best-loved international cookbooks, specially adapted for use in American kitchens.