The Spice Cookbook Author:Avanelle Day, Lillie Stuckey, Jo Spier (Illustrator) The Spice Cookbook is that most wonderful and rare of cookbooks: it is fun to read and fun to cook from. — It is at once that perfect and complete introduction to culinary artistry for the beginner cook--and a collection of superb recipes for the homemaker whose greatest joy is the production of prize-winning dishes. — Spices are the main flavor s... more »ource of the world's greatest cookery. Used imaginatively and subtly they can transform the most pedestrian dish into a triumph of haute cuisine. In 30 chapters and 1400 tested recipes, the authors demonstrate simply and clearly the correct use of spices in all phases of cookery.
The Spice Cookbook is a working cookbook, an invaluable source of ideas for everyday faily meals. And further, it is a source of family pleasure for years to come--in the beauty of its artwork, in its fascinating history of the spice trade--and as it retells the romantic legends that have grown up around spices and herbs since Biblical times.« less