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Comprising a series of axioms on flavour collected over half a lifetime of research and judging. May these principles enhance your pleasure, shared when possible. Four pages in length.

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"The laws of flavour have been defined. They may be flouted for a specific benefit. Common sense still has a place. For instance why would anyone add a substantial amount of an expensive wine to a recipe, as some continue to do, and then boil the bejesus out of it? Is any improvement proportionate to such a costly manoeuvre? Adding a spoonful or two as an essence at the moment of service is a different matter."

File size: 68Kb Laws and Principles of Flavour by Max Lake
Downloads since 20th September 2008: 555

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An odyssey into the culinary accompaniments to the famous travels of Marco Polo. Themed around his probable diet during his travels and scattered with stories of his adventures. A recipe book with a difference giving cooks food for thought in their creations rather than precise instructions. Seventy pages in length.

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"Who is not intrigued by the fabulous reports of Marco Polo and his adventures during his travels along the Silk Road? Although there is a mountain on the trade in spices, silks, and gems, there is very little on daily sustenance, on the foods they cooked and ate. This book addresses this neglect, because the flavours, simple enough and very good, should be enjoyed by many more."

File size: 1.0Mb Cooking for Marco Polo by Max Lake
Downloads since 30th January 2009: 707

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Traveling from medicine to wine making to cooking and flavour; from Paris to Sydney to Moscow and all the colourful characters and adventures along the way. The intriguing life story of the multi-talented Max Lake. 343 pages in length.

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"Back in Sydney my father took me apart. Wasn’t it about time I started to think of the consequences of my actions? What did I think I was doing ? The Russians considered my visit bordered on espionage, and relations with the cinema owner withered and died. It took years for my father to patch his friendship with that worthy. The interview never saw the light of day. Russia was a suspicious ally of the West, at best."

File size: 2.7Mb Seven Tongues by Max Lake
Downloads since 30th January 2009: 3828