Reviews
Great reading . . . it's full of useful information to help make choices when presented with the opportunity to spend money on the best basic ingredients., "Great reading . . . it's full of useful information to help make choices when presented with the opportunity to spend money on the best basic ingredients." Cinncinati Inquirer "Not only an education in taste, it's as delicious and satisfying a read as the traditional foods it celebrates." The Detroit Free Press "Weinzweig's book pays homage to culinary artisans and traditions with a sensibility only a Russian historian-turned-foodie could wield." - Gourmet News "Weinzweig's paeans . . . do much to restore the romance of the table." Publishers Weekly "Refreshing. Weinzweig's enthusiasm is infectious, his style zany." - Saveur "[Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating] is, in brief, a road map to really smart food shopping and good eating. As the author writes 'when you willingly, knowingly, consciously eat better-tasting food, it adds a little zing to your life.' And isn't that what we all need - a little zing in our lives?" - Parade "Values pure, hallmark flavors, and the remarkable quantity of information and recipes in this book has the effect of showing the reader, whether neophyte or sophisticate, how to recognize and enjoy them...If being a great cook involves understanding great ingredients and the people who make them -- and I believe it does -- then this book will nudge anyone toward greatness."-New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review Notable Book "An indispensible primer for would-be gourmands" -- New York Magazine New York Magazine "If I had to choose just one book this season, I'd take Zingerman's Guide to Good Eatingby food-importer extraordinaire Ari Weinzweig. In chapters crammed with wisdom, travel tales, food buying tips, and inviting recipes, Weinzweig celebrates and elucidates life's essentials: i.e., oil, vinegar, grain, cheese, chocolate. This stupendous volume offers fundamentals for the neophyte and soul food for the devout."-Fine Cooking, "If I had to choose just one book this season, I'd take Zingerman's Guide to Good Eatingby food-importer extraordinaire Ari Weinzweig. In chapters crammed with wisdom, travel tales, food buying tips, and inviting recipes, Weinzweig celebrates and elucidates life's essentials: i.e., oil, vinegar, grain, cheese, chocolate. This stupendous volume offers fundamentals for the neophyte and soul food for the devout."-Fine Cooking, "[Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating] is, in brief, a road map to really smart food shopping and good eating. As the author writes 'when you willingly, knowingly, consciously eat better-tasting food, it adds a little zing to your life.' And isn't that what we all need - a little zing in our lives?" - Parade, "Great reading . . . it's full of useful information to help make choices when presented with the opportunity to spend money on the best basic ingredients." Cinncinati Inquirer "Not only an education in taste, it's as delicious and satisfying a read as the traditional foods it celebrates." The Detroit Free Press "Weinzweig's book pays homage to culinary artisans and traditions with a sensibility only a Russian historian-turned-foodie could wield." - Gourmet News "Weinzweig's paeans . . . do much to restore the romance of the table." Publishers Weekly, "Weinzweig's book pays homage to culinary artisans and traditions with a sensibility only a Russian historian-turned-foodie could wield." - Gourmet News, Not only an education in taste, it's as delicious and satisfying a read as the traditional foods it celebrates.
