Kitchen Passport

I love food and will plan a whole trip around the food that's available where I'm visiting. When I saw there was a cookbook about how to make the food I'd find when visiting other countries, I jumped at the chance to read it.

This cookbook features 85 recipes, from all over the world, with step-by-step instructions of how to recreate these tasty dishes right in the comfort of my own kitchen. Each recipe lists the serving sizes and the amount of time it will take for prep and cooking. They also contain vibrant, color photos, so gorgeous you'll be salivating by the end of it.

There is an entire chapter dedicated to dumplings, which I love, and all of them had step-by-step photos for how to roll/fold them. I find things like this super important in a cookbook as it doesn't assume the reader already knows what to do. The recipes are also not too complicated at all and I think beginners would do just fine with it. Occasionally the recipes called for ingredients I'd never heard of and don't know where I'd find them, but it was notated where to find them and if the ingredient was optional.

MSG is an ingredient in many of the recipes, but you don't have to use it if you're weary about using it. The author does list substitutions in his introduction.

Overall, I think it's a great cookbook for those curious about cuisines in other countries and would like to try at home, whether you've been fortunate enough to try them in other countries or not.

Thank you to DK Publishing and NetGalley. I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

A fun and colorful cookbook with recipes from around the world. You will find Chinese, Russian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Nothern and West African, Filipino, Ethiopian, Russian, Eastern European, Vietnamese, Turkish, Bolivian, German, Cuban, Uzbek, and Peruvian recipes for breakfast, soups, dumplings, street food, midday meals, salad, dinner, sauces and condiments, drinks and desserts. All of them have photos! I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

This is a great bunch of travel recipes. Colourful photos of the actual food and easy to follow recipes.

Kitchen Passport grabbed me from page 1 and held my attention to the end. The author/chef is upfront about his personal tweaks of traditional dishes from around the world, presented in semi-traditional categories (breakfast, soups, dumplings, midday, etc.), with each category including 8-10 dishes from various parts of the world. Each chapter starts with a discussion of the chef’s travels around the world, spotlighting the countries and foods that have inspired these dishes. In addition to his take on a particular dish (for example, he includes MSG in many recipes but doesn’t use lamb - ever), he offers variations so that the home cook can further personalize to their taste. Each recipe has a picture and some include QR codes which offer videos of techniques for pulling noodles or forming dough :). This is a passport that will never expire - I can’t wait to get started!!

This is an amazing cookbook!! I love that it doesn't have the cliché international recipes, but recipes that actual travelers would know. As a traveling foodie, I definitely approve! Each recipe has full-color pictures, which makes you want to try all the recipes, even if you'd never heard of it. For several recipes there are multiple options. Like for the dumplings, you're given multiple recipes for the filling. I haven't made anything yet, but I definitely plan to!

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting book.

I like that Knaifel highlights the use of MSG in the recipes and how items like bouillon use it because it adds flavor to recipes. There's not a real focus in this book other than recipes from around the world. The recipes are in cups which is helpful for Americans and there's a variety of recipes. There's a section on dumplings and pictures on how to properly fold them. While I'd consider some of these recipes more "inspired" by some places than actually from them, the book offers some history or context for some of the recipes which is nice.

Anyone who loves to travel and sample food from everywhere will appreciate Kitchen Passport: Feed Your Wanderlust with 85 Recipes from a Traveling Foodie . This is a fun cookbook with great recipes that are different enough to be interesting, but not so different that they aren’t appealing. In fact, this cookbook is filled with recipes that everyone will want to make and eat.

The recipes are gathered from all over the world, and include street food, lunches, dinners, snacks, breakfasts, soups, and salads. The recipes are written in an easy-to-follow format, and most have fairly easy-to-find ingredients.

There is written prose throughout that makes this cookbook one that is not only fun to cook from, but also fun to curl up and read. The author has an exciting life compared to those who want to travel but haven’t done enough, and the writing is good. The cookbook is well-organized and it is easy to find recipes that appeal.

The photographs are professional and beautiful, making the recipes come to life. They are very appealing and it will be difficult to decide which to make next.

This excellent cookbook is for everyone. It will make it fun to choose where the next vacation will be based on the description of the food served. Highly recommended, and Fun, Fun, Fun.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.