Book reviews
Welcome to My Table magazine’s coffeehouse and bookstore. We’ve highlighted some cooking-, wine- and dining-related books that we think you’ll enjoy. Many (but not all) have a Texas, Houston or Southern connection.
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Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions by Fernando and Marlene Divina and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian ($39.95, Ten Speed Press) straddles two worlds. It tries via essays and reporting to be an academic and thoughtful discourse on the indigenous foods of the Americas, including Hawaii. At the same time, it sells a tried-and-true cookbook formula, featuring recipes from Chile to Alaska. It’s a lovely book, beautifully produced, but its stretch is too thin, too wide and too derivative. Wild goose with sauerkraut and juniper? Fava bean soup with mint? Hmmm. |
