In Her Kitchen

In Her Kitchen : Stories and Recipes from Grandmas Around the World by Gabriele Galimberti, 248 pages

This really was a cookbook but with every recipe was a story about where and who it came from.  What started as a series of magazine articles about people's lives around the world culminated in this book.  The little stories were nice and the recipes were interesting.  I was not inspired to try any of them but I probably would have eaten most of them if someone else were making it.  Most were pretty normal, several were dishes I had heard of but at least a couple were pretty unusual and definitely not something the average American has ever tried or probably wanted to try.  Overall I'd say liked this more for the glimpse into other lives and cultures than the actual recipes.