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Pros & Cons
Pros
A terrific gift for the curious cook, and eater. A charming and iconoclastic foreword is provided by the british food and restaurant critic, giles coren. Each food type has multiple images including drawings and photos. The illustrations are awesome.
The content of this book is informative, and fun. The index is thorough-- the acknowledgements pages - need a magnifying glass. And lastly; the written material is extensive, and it's very interesting & informative.
This book is glossy, beautiful, high-quality. The cover artwork reminds me of primary color prints on the sides of the old fashioned and retro produce boxes. Be aware if you are using this with children though, there are several illustrations/ works o... Read More
The only drawback is the small font of the text. The book itself could have been made a little bigger to accommodate this. Good for any age, perfect for doctor's offices to kill time.
This is a book that is now on my reference book shelves in my personal library. I know i will be returning to again and again. It's super cool, and i really would recommend it.
Cons
The book is great but the condition of the book received is not as described. In the kindle app (on my ipad) there is no way to enlarge the font.
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Quality
I received this copy for review and was immediately impressed by the quality of the production.
Along with the textual explanation, each food has a factoid inset that provides the food’s: origin, major producers (countries... Read More
But, the organized nature of the book, even with the pictures, insets and small font, prevents the pages from appearing clutter... Read More
Price
In this case the book is definitely worth the list price.
The price is more than right for a tome of this size and content -- but i would be willing to pay a bit more if the typeface an... Read More
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- This product had a total of 209 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 30 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The thing is that when i was looking inside the book i came across the page about apricots and the author gives the geographical origins of the fruit mentioning the modern day iran or turkey or border of modern day russia without so much of mentioning armenia
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For me that is just not doing your due diligence
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Yes this hurt the armenian in me
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Leaf through it stopping at the foods and photos that capture your attention
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Of course with a limited number of pages this cannot be completely inclusive and there are some omission
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For example no mention is made of quinoa or kiwicha
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I wonder how many americans who get most of their food at generic supermarkets here are aware of the huge varieties of potatoes that exist
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I can read it but only just with a good pair of reading glasses on
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