I like to have variety in my cooking. I also like to try different recipes from all cultures. This book which is written both in English and Spanish did not disappoint. With colorful, appetizing photos and easy to read recipes it is packed with recipes to try. From British Shepards Pie, Colombian Sancocho, French Ratatouille, Indian Fish Curry, Israeli Cabbage Rolls, Mexican Fajitas, Polish Lentil Stew, Spanish Tortilla, to Swedish Meatballs. There is something for every taste and palette. Each recipes has information of the origin of the recipe, nutritional facts, ingredients, and instructions.

Famous Dishes from Around the World

I am a cook from a long line of good home cooks; I even owned a specialty food store at the turn of the millennium. I have several issues with this book. Since it purportedly contains recipes from all over the world, I'm curious why the author chose to write it in both Spanish and English; I wonder if it was to pad the page count since there are not that many recipes. If it were solely full of recipes from Spanish-speaking countries, I could understand why the author would want to do this. As it stands, I found it a little distracting to have both English and Spanish versions of the same recipes.

As a cook, I thought that some of the ingredient amounts were wrong. As a person who has some familiarity with different types of ethnic cooking, I found the recipes rather basic (and most would be well known to any good cook), I thought she used ingredients in some recipes that were inappropriate for the given culture. While there were plenty of photographs, they weren't the best quality, and I don't think that they were actually photos of the recipes in the book. I noted some ingredients in the photos were not in the recipe, and some recipe ingredients did not appear to be in the photos. There are so many wonderful ethnic cuisine cookbook out there that I think this one should be given a pass.

Lovely variety of dishes from around the world. Great colourful pictures of each dish. Good instructions. Would recommend.

This book had some really nice looking dishes included in the recipes. I can't wait to go to the store and get what I need to start making some of these with my kids.

What a great cookbook! The material is well written and presented in an easy to follow manner. I look forward to trying out several of these recipes.

This book is beautifully laid out, with masses of colour and photos of each dish. The recipes are presented in both English and Spanish which I enjoyed as I’m trying to improve my Spanish vocabulary. There’s a double page spread for each recipe, one completely in English, the other n Spanish.

The recipes are varied and reflect cuisine from many different areas. Fish curry, satay, lasagne with turkey, Irish stew, Quiche Lorraine, Mexican corn and chicken. The ingredients and method are easy to follow, with most recipes using easy to source ingredients. Every recipe has a little information box with a bit of background pad to the dish which I found interesting.

I have the ebook which looks great on a tablet. I imagine the hard copy is quite impressive. Suitable for cooks of any ability as there’s nothing too complicated. My thanks to the publisher for a review copy via Netgalley.

When I got this book from netgalley, I found the pics great. They are bright and you really want to make the recipe. However, I found out that the pics are stock pictures and not the actual recipe pics. It would have been way better with original pics. Since I like to cook and even better like to cook international, this book is written for me. I don't mind the 2 languages in this book, I haven't seen it either out there. I also like that the ingredients are easily worldwide to get. And even better it is with healthier options than normal.

Plenty of wonderful foods from around the planet! Some are pretty easy and look like they might a great meal for summer!

This is a dual-language book in Spanish and English intended to serve as "an homage to our country's heritage and the American melting pot. May it grow and flourish!" The twists on some of the well known international dishes here underscore this brilliantly. Each recipe has a few paragraphs explaining its cultural significance and characteristics, as well as any adjustments that were made for the book.

There's an emphasis on tweaking them to make "healthier" versions, so using turkey instead of red meat where it's called for, for example. I like the concept, I just wish they hadn't used the divide between "healthy" and "unhealthy" as I don't think that's particularly helpful. But this qualm aside, there were some really fun, exciting twists on classics that you'll mostly recognize at least from restaurants, if not having attempted them at home. I was pleasantly surprised at how simple some of the steps were for some of these, like an Indian Vegetable Korma that sounds much easier than previous similar recipes I've come across. I did recognize most of these but I like having the alternative options, and a couple were new (hello Moroccan Tagine with chicken). And I've never made chili with cinnamon, I'm intrigued.

It also has some helpful cooking tips and nutritional info, and the only other minus is that some of the photos aren't incredible. Otherwise a great little cookbook celebrating the American melting pot.

Stephanie Maze's cookbook, "Famous Dishes from Around the World," speaks to me on three levels. First it speaks to my stomach. She has lots of recipes from all over the world, tried and true to make for yourself, for a special someone, or for the family to expand your taste buds. Second, the book speaks to my wallet. She has developed these recipes to be cost-effective for the average person to be able to afford a luxurious, international meal without breaking the bank. Going out to a fancy restaurant to get a similar dish would be significantly more expensive. Finally, it speaks to my sense of adventure. I love to travel overseas when I get the chance to try the local fare, to eat something exotic and to be swept away with the culture. Ms. Maze's recipes transport you to those places around the globe from your very own kitchen.

Ms. Maze includes some of her favorite cooking tips and tricks. She also has a two-page summary of tips for eating healthy. The thing that makes this cookbook unique compared to similar options is that it is a bilingual cookbook. On the first page is the Spanish text and the page following is the English text making it more accessible to those whose native language is Spanish instead of English.

I received this eBook free of charge from Moonstone Press LLC via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I did not receive any fiscal compensation from either company for this review and the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.

A well put-together book, providing recipes for many dishes from around the world, each accompanied by photographs and good explanations. A bonus is that most of these meals can be prepared for under $20, important in these days of inflation. Recommended.

The good: variety of recipes, organized by country if you want and all around adventure book jumping from one local dish to another

The best: in Spanish an English so I could see side by side the Spanish and learn some words, great for knowing more stuff at Mexicana restaurants

The disappointing: the dishes were all very common and you have probably made them befor if you have any kind of basic cookbook collection

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a digital ARC to review

Wow, what a garish cover, even for a recipe book. Clearly photoshopped, oversaturated pictures...really? I expect that from the dodgy kebab shop that you only ever go to after a good night out and being too drunk for quality food judgement. Brazilian feijoada with chicken sausage is clearly photoshopped, so not even done in a quality way. Why is there a side order of sliced oranges? OMG, British Shephard's pie - it looks disgusting, and no where near what it should be. Its nauseating, with a square slab of mashed potato. The recipe uses turkey mince - WTAF? Shepherd's pie is made from lamb mince. Cottage pie is made from beef mince. It's not even vaguely authentic. AHahaha - frozen pie crust. Really? A jar of marinara sauce (Italian) in a French ratatouille? I'm actually laughing - someone arranged penne pasta, so that it was all sticking up around the edge of the bowl - is this a school art project or something? Middle Eastern Meses - another photoshopped picture - do they even have copyright to do that, as it looks totally amateur. Russian Borscht is more like vegetable soup and also so far from authentic that it is embarrassing. Shrimp pad thai - what is it with wanting stuff arranged poking up around the edges of the plate??

A garish and revolting book.

Yum. I absolutely love this cookbook. The recipes each come with a picture and with very easy steps to follow. I loved how each recipe had a fact about it.

After watching The Final Table with chefs from around the world making national dishes, I was super excited to actually know some of the recipes in this book -- and of course more excited to try them out. It's nice to have the recipes in Spanish as well as English since some ingredients I know only in either language, Most recipes I was familiar with, however I came across new ones (or ones I just learned about from Final Table). Some new ones to me were the Uzbek Plov with Chicken, Polish Lentil Stew, and Israeli Cabbage Rolls. I would have preferred an easier layout for the cookbook.

This recipe book is quite extraordinary: first and foremost it is bilignual (Spaniqh / English), secondly the pictures are amazingly beautiful, thirdly the chosen recipes are very-well selected and simple to make. In short, the perfect recipe book! Thank you so much Net Gallet & Stephanie Maze for this lovely collection of recipes!

This cookbook has an interesting format:  each page is in Spanish, followed by the same page in English.  Each recipe is accompanied by a photo, nutritional information and a brief culinary history of the dish.  I am looking forward to delving in and trying out a few more of the recipes.

Beautiful cookbook with delicious looking recipes from all over the world! There are pictures for all of the recipes, instructions, and even the nutritional facts! This is one you will definitely want to add to your recipe book arsenal if you are a foodie or enjoy making ethnic dishes!

Have you ever wondered what the national dish of a favorite country is? Maybe you haven’t, but Stephanie Maze has released an excellent cookbook, Famous Dishes from Around the World: Healthy, Tasty and Affordable, and it includes this information as well as unique and delightful recipes from almost everywhere.

The recipes are well-written, and are featured in both English and Spanish. They are easy-to-follow and call for mostly easy to find ingredients (the author even tells where to get certain ingredients, which is very helpful). It is nice that there is a beautiful photograph of every recipe, but it makes it difficult to decide what to make, since almost every recipe is mouthwatering and one that will appeal to almost everyone.

Some of the favorite recipes include an excellent version of Mexican Huevos Rancheros, as well as a delicious version of German Sauerbraten with Potato Dumplings. The peanut sauce on the Indonesian Satay with Peanut Sauce is one of the best, and is also good over rice. The cookbook includes Brazilian Feijoada with Chicken Sausage, which is the national dish of Brazil – it was time consuming to make, but well-worth the time. There are Asian dishes, European dishes, and Middle Eastern dishes. There are favorites that everyone has heard of, and unique dishes that may be new (such as Uzbek Plov with Chicken – a garlicky rice pilaf that has fabulous flavors).

The downside of this cookbook is that there are only 30 recipes; a very small amount for a full-blown cookbook. It is, however, worth adding to any collection, since the recipes are for dishes most cooks will actually want to make. Anyone who doesn’t plan to travel the world will feel like they are traveling after they sample some of the delicious dishes. This cookbook is lots of fun.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

I was actually disappointed with this book. In part it was my fault because I did not realized this are "healthy" versions of international recipes. For example all original ground beef recipes are made with ground turkey.
Also there are several typos. On page 45 a lasagna recipe call for 3 cups of cilantro, which I assume it should be 3 Tbs. Not even mentioning that you will never find cilantro in a lasagna in Italy.
The pictures are not from the original recipes. So all and all I would not recommend this book.