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

Here's good news for travelers who put food first. The second in the "Eat Smart" series of culinary travel guides contains a treasury of tips for navigating menu and market in Turkey. It also includes recipes, thus broadening its appeal to cookbook lovers as well.

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

Joan Peterson

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

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)

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.

Find the heart of Sicilian culture through its sumptuous cuisine Rich with seafood, citrus, olives, and almond sweets, the cuisine of the sun-drenched island of Sicily reflects the influence of Greeks, Norman French, Tunisians, and Italians, among others. Unlike guidebooks that sweep Sicily into an overview of Italy, this latest addition to the award-winning Eat Smart series focuses solely on the cuisine of Sicily. Eat Smart in Sicily provides an historical overview of the peoples who have lived there and their contributions to Sicilian cuisine, with attention given to the fare distinct to the villages and urban centers of Sicily's four regions. A helpful guide to Sicilian menus, with English translations of Italian (or Sicilian) words, makes ordering food in Sicily an easy and immediately rewarding experience. Highlighting regional recipe mainstays, Joan Peterson and Marcella Croce provide tips to shopping for traditional ingredients in Sicily and at home. The book also includes a comprehensive glossary of foods, kitchen utensils, and cooking methods to prepare authentic Sicilian specialties at home or abroad.

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

Croce, Marcella

Designed for food aficionados and travelers who want to get to the heart of a culture through its cuisine, this richly detailed and well-researched culinary travel guidebook explains how to find the most delicious, authentic, and adventurous eating experiences in France. Author Ronnie Hess shares the secrets she's uncovered—from restaurant dining to home cooking to fresh market produce and street-vendor fare. Like other guides in the award-winning Eat Smart series, Eat Smart in France intertwines history, geography, language, and diet. It provides a rich, historical perspective on the origins and varieties of French food and extensive background on regional dishes. Included are two glossaries of terms in French and English:
 • Menu Guide demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants • Foods &amp; Flavors Guide provides a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking styles, and more to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun.
 A delicious bonus is a chapter of authentic recipes from food professionals in restaurants and cooking schools, as well as from home cooks, which can be savored as a preview or reminiscence of a visit to France. Also included are chapters of useful phrases and travel and shopping tips. With the Eat Smart guides you can travel the world one sumptuous bite at a time!
Finalist, Travel/Guides, The USA “Best Books of 2011” Award

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

Hess, Ronnie

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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 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

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 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 Sicily: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure

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