Product Description

Join Jane Lawson as she takes you on a culinary journey through the magnificent cuisines of the snowcloaked regions of Northern Europe. From the seaside towns of Scandinavia, the Alpine villages of Switzerland and Austria and the fairytale castles of Germany to the ski fields of France and Italy and the snow-laden cities of Russia and beyond, comes this enticing collection of traditional recipes with a contemporary flair. Celebrate the season of winter and enjoy this irresistable selection of simmering soups, hearty meals and indulgent desserts that will warm you to the core. From humble and satisfying classics to glamorous feasts worthy of a celebration, you are sure to be inspired by the mythical winter wonderland of Snowflakes and Schnapps. Key points: delicious, innovative and inspirational recipes written by an award-winning cookbook author; beautifully designed by an award-winning designer, Reuben Crossman; sumptuous production values, with a special textured, folded jacket with snowflake detail and a flaming spin; recipes for everyday meals and special occasions, including a Christmas chapter

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2293 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Review
"Such fabulous food. I wanted to cook from every page and see this becoming one of my staple cookbooks this winter."
-- The Bookseller

About the Author
Jane Lawson began cooking at the age of eight. After many years working as a chef in Sydney, she moved into publishing, combining her love of cookbooks and cooking. She is now a consultant to a variety of food-related businesses and publications. Jane is the author of Spice Market, Grub, Yoshoku, A Little Taste of Japan and Cocina Nueva and is the co-author of BBQ Food for Friends, which won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award in 2003.

Customer Reviews

Almost there but left me wanting more 3.5 stars
The photography in this book is stunning and there are a host of unusal recipes (I have almost 300 cookbooks so was attracted to this because it was a bit different).

There were several recipes that caught my eye, winter vegetable crumble, pigeon with red wine and cabbage risotto and honey glazed ham in pretzels not to mention the glorious looking puddings that would warm you up on the dreary winter nights to come.

However, the back jacket claims that we will be taken on a culinary journey throughout northern Europe and into Russia, which I am sure we were - but none of the recipes had ANY commentary whatsoever, so I have no idea where the crumble or the risotto originate and I think a couple of lines to introduce each recipe would have made a very good book, perfect and one that I would have wanted to take to bed and read cover to cover rather than just flick through the photography. From the unusual titles of some of the dishes too it is hard to imagine what they actually contain and taste like (although the stranger ingredients are commented on it foot notes) so again some description of what it tastes like or when it was cooked or some other personal insights would help to tempt me to make some of the quirky dishes and would draw the average cook into the book more readily.

Warming food for Winter chills
Because these are traditional recipes, few can be easily adapted to vegetarianism and virtually none can be adapted to suit vegans.

These are rich recipes from areas where until a generation ago, the main food sources in winter were winter vegetables and animal products (dairy, egs, meat, etc.) The food is very rich and no nutritional information is provided (this can be good or bad, depending on your view!)

The organization, by degree of formality of the result, is a bit strange but not insurmountable.

It would have benefitted from more editing, as I found at least two errors in just the cheesecake recipe.

The Winter Vegetable Crumble recipe alone makes this book worth the price.