The Flavor Bible – Review and Giveaway
The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg isn’t a traditional cookbook. Rather, it’s a book that helps you experiment and create new recipes. It explains that “Flavor = Taste + Mouthfeel + Aroma + The X Factor” and that “Great Cooking = Maximizing Flavor + Pleasure By Tapping Body + Heart + Mind + Spirit.” Of course, it explains what all of those things mean, for example “Mouthfeel” is the combination of temperature, texture, spiciness and astringency.
The majority of the book consists of a flavor chart. This chart tells you everything from when the item is in season to it’s weight to it’s flavor affinities. For example, under Beef – Steak: Rib Eye, cooking techniques listed are broil, grill, sauté and stir-fry and flavor affinities are garlic, mushrooms, olive oil, oregano, black pepper, red pepper flakes, rosemary and balsamic and red wine vinegar. If you don’t have the ingredients to cook your favorite dish handy, you can use this book to create a new dish with what you do have.
I would recommend this book to anyone who knows basic cooking techniques and is interested in experimenting and/or creating new recipes. Hachette Books is allowing me to give away 3 copies of this book. To enter, simply leave a comment on this post. This contest is open to US and Canadian residents only (no PO Boxes, please). I will use random.org to determine the winners. Contest ends at midnight EST, Friday, November 28, 2008. Winners will be announced on Saturday, November 29.
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I’ve been drooling over this book! I’d love to win.
I would love this!
Please enter me!
Love to cook and I also have a 17 year old daughter who really likes to cook so it is time for me to start building her cookbook collection. (Because she can’t have mine!)
Your review is really good. I love to cook and I am always looking for new and different recipes. Can you please count me in on this giveaway.
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Thanks Kathy
I would love this. Please enter me.
This sounds like a great resource- please enter me!
This looks pretty awesome – I’m in! Thanks
That book looks *fantastic*! I’m always looking for new “foodie” ideas and information.
I would absolutely love this book! I’m in the process of learning how to cook and I love books focused more on the process rather than recipes.
I think “learning to cook” is really learning what flavors work well together and building on those flavors.
Sounds great!
I love cooking, but I always need more inspiration, so I would love this book.
No need to enter me (aargh!); I’ll be fair and buy a copy for the Tour Manager for his birthday.
I’m dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail letting us know you’re giving more books. We appreciate it more than we can tell you!
Sounds interesting…please enter me. Thanks!
That looks brilliant! Please enter me!
I love to cook and hardly ever follow a recipe exactly. This sounds like the perfect cookbook to me!
This book looks excellent- I would love to read it!!
I Love to Cook! but to be honest I could use a little help. My daughters are just starting to really get into cooking and i’m getting Paula Deens first cook book for my youngest daughter for Christmas. I would love to win a copy of this!
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Sound wonderful! Please enter me in the giveaway.
Well you certainly know how to write a review to get our attention! Thanks fo the chance to win.
Please enter me. This one looks really good.
I’m always having to figure out how to cope with the sometimes odd assortment of veggies I get from my CSA and whatever else I have on hand. This looks like a great resource! Please enter me.
I would like to be entered………………..
The wonderful smells of those tastes!
Hello, What a delightful cookbook! My husband loves to cook and he would enjoy this one. What a wonderful Christmas gift for him this would be.
Please enter me in your delightful “Flavor Bible” Cookbook. Many thanks…..Cindi
This looks like a great book, and would be perfect for my “library” of food-related books.
Enter me please. My stepfather is a gourmet cook while I an barely cook. Unfortunately my sister and I are pretty picky eaters.
That sounds terrific, please add me! My husband does the cooking, but I’m the one who says, “Why don’t you try putting this and this together?” Sometimes I’m good at that and sometimes it’s a disaster. LOL
Please enter me!
Great review Kathy, thank you.
-Bobbie
I wouold love to win this for DH. He is so great in the kitchen and always looking for more things to try.
I’ve heard wonderful things about this book and I’d love a chance to win it! I enjoy cooking and experimenting with new ideas and recipes so I think this would be a great book to read. Thanks!
Awesome sounding book!
Sweet! I would so love to be entered for this book – it looks wonderful. I definitely need some help when it comes to cooking.
Thank you!
Enter me!
This sounds like a great book! I’d like a chance to win it.
Any help I can get in the kitchen is a good thing. Sign me up!
Holy cats K! 35 entries already. My husband says I really need this one. lol So you have to enter me, please and thank you.
I’m ready to take my cooking skills to the next level!
You’ve whet my appitite! I’d love to have a copy of this book. Please enter me. Thanks for the chance.
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Oh I have the Pastry Bible and the Cake Bible, this one would be perfect to add to me collection!
Pick me
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I love to cook and am always looking for new ways to improve my skills in the kitchen. This sounds like a great book! I’d love to be entered. Thanks!
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I’d love to learn new ideas and techniques for experimenting and/or creating new recipes!
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I’m working on expanding my cooking abilities, so this book would be a great help! Thanks for running this contest!
I’d love to add this to my kitchen shelf!
I would like the chance to win this! I do cook but I am in a rut. I need to find something that will add a little oomph to our meals!
This book looks great. Spices certainly do make the difference in cooking, i find. Thanks for entering me.
This one looks so interesting Kathy. I’ve been cooking more without recipes lately, when I’ve been cooking, which isn’t as often as I’d like. So no need to enter me, but someday I WILL check out this book! Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Me, me, me. I am always looking for ways to enhance my range by trying out new methods and ideas of cooking.
Looks like a great book
What a great concept for a book!
I love to cook and I rarely follow recipes exactly (I like to experiment). I think this would be the perfect book to add to my collection! Thanks!
I think this book would be the perfect addition to my cookbook library! I love experimenting with different ingredients and recipes. Thanks!
This sounds like a really handy reference book to have in the kitchen. Thanks for hosting this contest
I absolutely would love to own this book. I always end up adding a zillion spices and herbs trying to achieve the right flavor in my cooking and everything ends up tasting the same. I need help!
Please enter me. I love even just reading cookbooks!
Please enter me! I would love a chance to win. Thanks
I would love to have this book! Thank you for the chance to win it!
Carol M
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