Product Description

The recipes include exotic spiced soups and main courses and delicate, cool desserts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2632506 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 120 pages

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to Thai cooking.
In its almost 50 parts, all written by experienced cooks and cook book writers, HP Books' "The Book of ... Cooking" series takes you on a culinary trip around the world; all in easy to follow, well-explained recipes.

This installment, the Book of Thai Cooking, starts with a brief introduction into the basics of the Thai cuisine, the necessary equipment and utensils and a glossary of ingredients, and then presents recipe suggestions for all major courses, from appetizers, soups, curry pastes, sauces, dips and garnishes to vegetables, salads rice, noodles, desserts and drinks. Special chapters are dedicated to fish and shellfish, poultry and (red) meat. Classics such as curries, satays, stir fries, coconut and lemon grass dishes appear next to unique dishes such as lychees in coconut custard, mango with sticky rice and pork and peanut soup.

From banana leaf cups to Thai fried rice and vermicelli soup, this collection of recipes, while not all-encompassing, is a great introduction to the richness and unique flavors of the Thai cuisine - and at a relative bargain price, to boot. Also recommended for fans of Asian cooking: this series' installments on Malaysian, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese Cooking, on Stir-Fries, and on Curries and Indian Foods.