Written by Tracey Johnston of HealthCastle.com
Reviewed by Gloria Tsang, RD Published in December 2010
(HealthCastle.com) Have you run out of unique gift ideas for the foodies on your holiday list, or maybe you are simply looking to add to your personal book library? Well ponder no longer because we have just what you're looking for - a gift guide featuring 5 unique suggestions for the foodies on your list.
As the title suggests, this unconventional cookbook conceived by Jeff Porter will satisfy the knowledge-craving variety of foodie on your holiday list. The extraordinary content includes instructions, such as the steps to produce liquid smoke; explanations, as with the four stages of yeast in cooking; and a multitude of descriptive recipes along with insights from food engineers, mathematicians, chefs, and comics.
This clever cookbook chronicling the White House garden's first year season by season will please any eco-friendly friends or family members on your holiday gift list, as well as aspiring or experienced gardeners. Clara Silverstein captures an entire year of gardening from "dream time to real time" at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with vibrant pictures and several recipes from First Families, White House chefs, and community gardeners. The pleasant layout and educational content are sure to inspire home and community gardeners, including the youngest green thumbs.
The creative, artistic food enthusiast or photographer on your holiday list will take pleasure in this unique book. Photographer Carl Warner's inspirational and creative process of transforming foods into incredible landscapes is captured within the pages of Food Landscapes, which includes scenes such as a Nordic fishing village entitled "Something Fishy," which was constructed within a 24-hour period to avoid food spoilage using over $2,000 worth of seafood. The outcome is visual ecstasy.
This extraordinary book may satisfy the culturally curious or extreme traveler on your gift list. Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D'Aluisio present "thought-provoking portraits of 80 individuals and the food that fuels them over the course of a single day." The experience within the pages of What I Eat takes you to 30 countries and more than a dozen U.S. states, allowing you a look into a day in the lives of 80 individuals, including their identity, culture, and daily diet of meals that range from a starvation-level 800 calories to an astonishing 12,300 calories.
This story book may be best offered to the family storyteller or avid reader on your holiday list. The setting of William Widmaier's narrative is the picturesque, seaside city of St. Tropez, France, where he spent several childhood vacations with his grandparents. This lovingly descriptive story "blends the foods, smells and ambiance of Provence" with chapters filled with personal stories of family and friends, love, and life's lessons. Each chapter concludes with a Provencal recipe.
The Bottom Line
Whether you have an aspiring gardener, a science guy or gal, or simply a unique book lover on your holiday gift list this year, a choice from the many unique or unusual foodie books out there may be the answer.
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