This smartly designed, and richly photographed and illustrated culinary travel guidebook tells travelers how to find the most delicious, authentic, and adventuresome eating experiences in Peru. The authors share the secrets they’ve uncovered while hunting for something good to eat—from restaurant dining to home cooking to fresh market produce to street-vendor fare—to allow you to get to the heart of the culture through its cuisine. Food is one of the first and most immediate contacts a traveler makes with a foreign county. Travelers to Peru can make it a more memorable contact by taking along the easy-to-use Eat Smart in Peru, the newest guide in the award-winning EAT SMART series. The authors show that traveling and eating in unfamiliar territory doesn’t have to be gastronomical guesswork.
2007 Gourmand World Cookbook Award, Best in World Category, Gourmand International 2006 Finalist, Best Books 2006 Travel Guides category, USA Book News

Eat Smart in Peru: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Peterson, Joan

Soltvedt, Brook

Regional & International

Ginkgo Press

"Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods &amp; Embark on a Tasting Adventure" will soon be available in a Kindle version. The hardcopy is now out of print. "Eat Smart in Indonesia" is a comprehensive, readable survey of the whole scope of Indonesian gastronomy. It confers savvy to partake as fully and gloriously of Indonesian food as desired, and is essential reading for any “foodie” visiting this vast archipelago. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Indonesian food and extensive background on the delectable regional dishes. Indonesian phrases are included to make one’s culinary adventure even more successful. At the core of the book are two extensive glossaries in Indonesian with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods &amp; Flavors Guide is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, cooking styles, etc., to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. Author Joan Peterson (inveterate traveler, cook, seeker of unusual herbs and spices, and new ways to prepare familiar ingredients) has added a delicious bonus by providing a chapter of recipes for travelers to preview the tastes before departure, thus broadening the guide’s appeal to cookbook lovers as well.

Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Peterson, David

Travelers who like to get to the heart of a culture through its cuisine, yet never find enough material about food in general guidebooks, can get a quick handle on eating abroad with the unique and innovative Eat Smart destination cuisine guides, which contain a treasury of culinary surprises and language tips for navigating menu and market. Less adventuresome eaters will be more at ease in experimenting with new foods and food preparations since these invaluable guidebooks take the guesswork out of exotic, unfamiliar foods. The premiere guide in this authoritative series—Eat Smart in Brazil: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods &amp; Embark on a Tasting Adventure—is a paean to Brazilian cuisine. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Brazilian food and extensive background on the delectable regional dishes. Portuguese phrases are included to make one’s culinary adventure even more successful. At the core of the book are two extensive glossaries in Portuguese with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods &amp; Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, cooking styles, etc., to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. Authors Joan and David Peterson—inveterate travelers, cooks, seekers of unusual herbs and spices, and new ways to prepare familiar ingredients—have added a delicious bonus by providing a chapter of recipes for travelers to preview the tastes before departure, thus broadening the guide’s appeal to cookbook lovers as well. If you are traveling or moving to Brazil, take this book with you!

Eat Smart in Brazil: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Travel

South America

    The fourth guide in this authoritative series—Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure—is a paean to Mexican cuisine. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Mexican food and extensive background on the delectable regional dishes. Spanish phrases are included to make one’s culinary adventure even more successful.    At the core of the book are two extensive glossaries in Spanish with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods & Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, cooking styles, etc., to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. If you are traveling or moving to Mexico, take this book with you!Distributed for Ginkgo Press

Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Mexico

Hungry travelers to Morocco can have a perfectly delicious trip with this comprehensive food guide, the 6th in the EAT SMART series. The author, recognizing that feeding the traveler’s body is as important as feeding the soul, thoroughly educates the palate, eliminating any guess work that could muddy the chances of a mouth-watering experience. Eat Smart in Morocco contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Moroccan food and extensive background on the delectable regional dishes. Phrases (transliterated Moroccan Arabic) are included to make one's culinary adventure even more successful. At the core of the book are two extensive glossaries in transliterated Moroccan with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods &amp; Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, cooking styles, etc., to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. Distributed for Ginkgo Press

Eat Smart in Morocco: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Food is one of the first and most immediate contacts a traveler makes with a foreign county. More and more travelers are making it a more memorable contact by taking along one of the innovative, easy-to-use Eat Smart culinary guidebooks. The authors of Eat Smart in India, the newest guide in the award-winning Eat Smart series, demonstrate that traveling and eating in unfamiliar territory doesn’t have to be gastronomical guesswork. This is a well-timed choice, given the resurgence of interest in this fascinating destination, especially in its delicious cuisine. With their Eat Smart guidebook in hand, travelers to India will quickly decipher menus with confidence and shop or browse in the supermarkets and lively outdoor markets throughout the country with greater knowledge. When they get home, they can relive their tasting adventure by creating some delicious Indian dishes, using the recipes provided in the book. Distributed for Ginkgo Press

Eat Smart in India: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Menon, Indu

University of Wisconsin Press

Second in the "Eat Smart" series of culinary travel guidebooks, this paean to Turkish cuisine contains a rich historical perspective on food origins and extensive background on regional dishes, including recipes. It mixes information and inspiration to give readers the tools to journey into the culinary soul of their destination. Eat Smart in Turkey will take the guesswork out of choosing from an unfamiliar menu. Its comprehensive guide to Turkey's unique cuisine will give vacation-goers, business travelers and backpackers alike an extra dimension of travel pleasure. If you're going to Turkey, this is one book you must take along! Distributed for Ginkgo Press

Eat Smart in Turkey: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

This paean to Brazilian cuisine contains a rich historical perspective on food origins and extensive background on regional dishes, including recipes. With the bilingual aids provided, navigating market and menu is a breeze.
 The second edition of Eat Smart in Brazil comes with a new cover design, as well as an updated resources chapter. In addition, the index has been supplemented with a Portuguese translation for each English entry, making the book more useful for any traveler.
 In this edition of Eat Smart
· Tour a variety of Brazilian kitchens to see how cooking styles differ region to region
· Get tips on increasing your savvy in Brazil’s outdoor markets and supermarkets
· Learn helpful phrases for use in restaurants, food markets, and more
· Use a comprehensive glossary of ingredients, kitchen utensils, and cooking methods in Portuguese
· Learn to prepare easy recipes:
 Camarão na Moranga (Winter squash with shrimp)
 Pão de Queijo (Cheese Rolls)
 Quindim de Yá-Yá (Young girl's dessert)

Individuals and their families having to deal with the devastating affects of a terminal illness will find a source of solace in Love Has No Fear. It's a moving and intimate account describing the emotional, spiritual, and physical challenges Joan Peterson and her husband Mark encountered while struggling to cure his cancer and accept his eventual death. Love Has No Fear presents many questions about the origins of illness, plus traditional and alternative treatments. It offers great comfort to those struggling with life and death issues: not because it gives answers, but because it empowers readers to make their own choices and find their own truths. Love Has No Fear is a love story and an intimate tribute to the awakening of the human spirit. A story of healing into life, into death, and beyond. Love Has No Fear is highly recommended reading for anyone facing the loss of a loved one and the need to rebuild their life. (Midwest Book Review)

Love Has No Fear: One Couple's Search for Healing

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Merkaba Pr

Veer off the tourist-beaten path to find authentic cuisine and rich new experiences in MexicoEat Smart in Mexico is a celebration of Mexican cuisine and one of nine titles in the authoritative Eat Smart series. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Mexican food and extensive background on delectable regional dishes. Spanish phrases are included to make your culinary adventure even more successful. At the core of the book are two extensive guides to Spanish terms with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods &amp; Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, and cooking styles, to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun. For the adventuresome traveler, this is a richly annotated resource that will help you understand and appreciate Mexican culture through authentic local cuisine.

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Eat Smart in Peru: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Eat Smart in Brazil: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Eat Smart in Morocco: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Eat Smart in India: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Eat Smart in Turkey: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Eat Smart in Brazil: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

Love Has No Fear: One Couple's Search for Healing

Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure