Lynn Visson

This installment in Hippocrene's International Cookbooks series focuses on Uzbekistan's cuisine. Their cuisine's influences come from many Asian countries as well as Russia. The author suggests New York and Seattle as cities where one can sample Uzbek cuisine. While I wouldn't mind sampling some dishes in the volume, none struck me as things I really wanted to make. The desserts looked tastiest to me. The book needs photographs to accompany the dishes in the unfamiliar cuisine as well as to accompany the information on typical Uzbek life and the place of food in the culture. The font used seemed to be an older font with less appeal to modern readers.… (mais)