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conversations.value: What is a description for a book titled The Best Recipes in the World about Red, Author, Cook with the genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Regional & International?
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conversations.value: When the author is cooking--in every sense of the word--he gets results without fuss. Author of the almost subversively approachable <a href="/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028610105/${0}"> How to Cook Everything </a>, the author takes on big assignments and then delivers the goods. In The Best Recipes in the World , a collection of more than 1,000 international recipes, with winners like Chinese Black Bean and Garlic Spareribs; Pan-Seared Swordfish with Tomatoes, Olives, and Capers; and Stewed Lamb Shanks with Mushrooms and Pasilla Chile Sauce, he's done it again. The selection, which covers cooking from Europe and Asia equally, is all can-do and instantly appealing--readers will want to "cook through" the whole chicken section, for example. But the author, a master distiller, also knows when more is more, with one caveat: "I don't mind spending a long time cooking a single dish as long as I don't have to pay too much attention to what's going on," he writes. Thus, even fuller-dress recipes like the Indian Red Fish Stew, Fast and Spicy, and Tea-Smoked Duck or Chicken can work for time-deprived cooks. A dessert section that includes the tempting likes of Orange Custard, Walnut Tart, and Caramelized Pars Poached in Red Wine, caps this incisive collection.