Rachael Ray: Best Eats in Town on $40 A Day
by Rachael Ray
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Author: Rachael RayEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-12
ISBN: 1891105175
Number of pages: 251
Publisher: Lake Isle Press
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Book Review: Good Selections, But Few Per City
Summary: 5 Stars
Before I opened Rachael Ray: Best Eats in Town on $40 a Day, I made a mental note of four places where I have taken people who raved about the experience and food at these low-cost venues. I decided that I would check to see if Rachael had spotted these sleepers as well.
The first is a little hideaway in Cambridge where I often bring friends, family, and out-of-town guests for great beer and food called Grendel's Den. Everyone raves about how great the place is and ask to be taken back on later visits. Rachael found it, too, but was low on money when she arrived so she mainly had a beer. But she enjoyed meeting a Harvard lawyer there. As a fellow Harvard lawyer, I'm pleased she mentioned that aspect of the Den. I've been going there for over 30 years and have loved every visit. The food, Rachael, is better than the draft beer. Come back and try it!
The second place was in Rome, where everyone I know loves to eat the fried artichokes at Pompiere. Yes! Rachael spotted it and ordered the right dish. That's pretty impressive when there are so many great, inexpensive restaurants in Rome.
The third place was one I found when one of my sons was in graduate school at Bennington in Vermont, The Apple Barn & Country Bake Shop. Yes! Rachael ordered the required apple pie.
The fourth was to enjoy wine, bread, and cheese in Europe. Rachael figured out this is a great thing to do in Paris. You win, Rachael, you do know how to pick great, inexpensive meals and snacks.
The book is also filled with lots of color photographs and a few recipes of mostly simple dishes. If you have seen lots of her shows, you'll feel like you are reading through a well-prepared scrapbook.
The main drawbacks of the book are the following:
Even major metropolitan areas (like Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Portland, Rome, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, and Washington, D.C.) sported only three or four choices. You could obviously do a while book on each one.
Tiny towns (Cooperstown, Grand Canyon, and Sedona) get just the same amount of attention.
In the bigger areas, you could spend the better part of the day driving from one locale to another. In the big cities, you could spend an extra $40 a day in parking to get to some of these spots and stay there for a meal. There's no attempt to integrate the eating into a reasonable day of sightseeing.
This material is already very dated. With time, it will be less valuable.
There's not much logic behind the recipes that are selected. You could get more complicated ones from any of Rachael's recipe books.
So what's my advice? Borrow the book at the library if you are planning to go to one of these cities. Check to see if the places are still in business, look up how far apart they are, and investigate whether there's free parking or public transportation available at modest cost. And look forward to some wonderful times and good meals!
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A delightful scrapbook for fans of Rachael Ray's popular $40 A Day show. Rachael revisits over 50 cities. This book is illustrated with color photos and selected recipes from her favorite restaurants.Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Books
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