This is a great cookbook that is chock full of stories and food from around the world...too chicken to travel with COVID still here and less-than-stellar accommodations in some countries? Pick up this book and cook your way around the world...no cockroaches involved, ever.
Out on Valentine's Day, a perfect gift idea for the foodie in your life.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting book.

I like that Knaifel highlights the use of MSG in the recipes and how items like bouillon use it because it adds flavor to recipes. There's not a real focus in this book other than recipes from around the world. The recipes are in cups which is helpful for Americans and there's a variety of recipes. There's a section on dumplings and pictures on how to properly fold them. While I'd consider some of these recipes more "inspired" by some places than actually from them, the book offers some history or context for some of the recipes which is nice.

I love food and will plan a whole trip around the food that's available where I'm visiting. When I saw there was a cookbook about how to make the food I'd find when visiting other countries, I jumped at the chance to read it.

This cookbook features 85 recipes, from all over the world, with step-by-step instructions of how to recreate these tasty dishes right in the comfort of my own kitchen. Each recipe lists the serving sizes and the amount of time it will take for prep and cooking. They also contain vibrant, color photos, so gorgeous you'll be salivating by the end of it.

There is an entire chapter dedicated to dumplings, which I love, and all of them had step-by-step photos for how to roll/fold them. I find things like this super important in a cookbook as it doesn't assume the reader already knows what to do. The recipes are also not too complicated at all and I think beginners would do just fine with it. Occasionally the recipes called for ingredients I'd never heard of and don't know where I'd find them, but it was notated where to find them and if the ingredient was optional.

MSG is an ingredient in many of the recipes, but you don't have to use it if you're weary about using it. The author does list substitutions in his introduction.

Overall, I think it's a great cookbook for those curious about cuisines in other countries and would like to try at home, whether you've been fortunate enough to try them in other countries or not.

Thank you to DK Publishing and NetGalley. I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.