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"The Family Meal: Home cooking with Ferran Adrią"

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#91 OliverB

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Posted 10 April 2012 - 01:36 PM

just return the one from Canada, if they show one thing and send an other, it's their fault and they should pay for shipping no problem.

I have the US version, unfortunately. Was an impulse buy that I wish I would not have made.

I love photos that show step by step how to do things, but showing me how to peel a mandarine is a bit much, and a waste of space. I'm not too intrigued or tempted to cook from this book, I might trade it in at the used book store some day. Should have spent more time looking at it closely I guess.

It seems very odd, coming from Adria.

Also giving quantities for 2, 6, 20 and 75 people seems rather odd and useless. I cook for 4, I'll have to recalculate every single recipe, and I'll never cook for 20, let alone 75, and most certainly not "at home".

But I think it's about time for me to move Heston's book off my Amazon wishlist and into my shopping basket :-)
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