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Authentic Thai dishes prepared at home.
Thai food is best known for its bold flavors and manages an exquisite balance of spicy, sour, salty and sweet. For home cooks who love Thai food, Linda Stephen demystifies this cuisine and readily brings its authentic flavors to family meals.
Drawing on her extensive travels to Thailand, where she conducts tours and cooking classes, the author captures her love of Thai cuisine and shares her experiences. Her outstanding recipes require a minimum of preparation time, use simplified techniques, and result in colorful, fragrant dishes that seduce the senses.
A sampling of these magical dishes:
- Starters: spring rolls with pork and shrimp; pumpkin and coconut soup
- Perennial favorites: green mango salad; Pad Thai; garlic shrimp
- Dishes to awaken the palate: chili beef with peppers; glazed spare ribs; chicken with asparagus and mint; sweet and sour scallops
- Curries: green curry with chicken and eggplant; tofu with red curry; massaman beef curry; stir-fried curried pork satay
- Vegetable side dishes: green beans with cashews and chilies; asparagus and tofu with roasted chili paste
- Finishing touches: sticky rice with mango; Thai iced coffee.
Linda Stephen also adapts many common dishes to reflect Thai flavors, including Thai-style pulled pork and roasted chicken.
In these 200 delicious and authentic recipes illustrated with lush color photography, the author's expertise truly shines.
Complete Book of Thai Cooking Reviews
Complete Book of Thai Cooking Reviews
 Our Favorite Cookbook from Front to Back, By Terri Hood (Atascadero, CA United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Complete Book of Thai Cooking (Paperback) My husband and I love Thai food. We purchased several Thai and Asian cookbooks, but their complexity, ingredients, and organization were daunting for 2 newbies to Asian cooking. Then we chanced upon Linda Stephen's Complete Book of Thai Cooking. Attractive features include the color coded organization for each section of the cookbook, colorful photos scattered throughout, the very well designed page layout which clarifies the ingredients, usually 2-4 step directions, variations, and helpful comments. This user-friendly pattern makes it a breeze to follow the recipes. We started with the "Crispy Cucumber Salad" Delightful and easy! Next came "Scallops and Shrimp with Lemongrass and Coconut Milk." Wow! Scrumptious! My husband loves mussels, so "Mussels in Coconut Broth" became a weekly appetizer when mussels were available. We both love the simplicity of the recipes coupled with tasty results. By adding a few ingredients to our pantry and fridge such as oyster... Read more |
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