Customer Reviews:
 Excellent and original April 30, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have too many cookbooks, and I come back to this one very often. It's crammed with delicious, original and doable recipes. In fact, the recipes are not always exact pacific recipes but rather the author's approach of creating modern recipes with typical pacific flavours. Simply the titles of some recipes should convince you: "Prawns with chili mango sauce", "coconut passion cake", "grilled scallop salad with citrus chili dressing", "kokoda: coconut ceviche", "lemongrass and chili risotto", "duck and mango salad" etc. Langbein's recipes are very convincing and never intimidating to make. Her salad dressings are incredible. Of note: there are plenty of nice photographs about the pacific in the book. In short, a strongly recommended book!
PS I also recommend Langbein's "Cooking to impress".
A Discovery Of Taste June 12, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Eagerly thumbed for delicious recipes and dreamily browsed for its stunning photography, Savour The Pacific has become my all-time favourite cookbook.
Annabel Langbein's recipes have been inspired by the flavours and produce of the Pacific Islands rather than the traditional subsistence island fare. As a result, although both exotic and imaginative, the recipes require only every-day ingredients and are unfailingly simple to recreate. For the cook who enjoys the fresh flavours of limes, ginger, chilli and coriander this book is a veritable treasure trove. Each and every recipe is a winner.
However, it is Kieran Scott's evocative photography of the people, places and produce of the Pacific Islands that elevates this book beyond the realms of the ordinary.
Fresh, vibrant and inspiring, Savour The Pacific is a culinary and visual delight.
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