Asian Bites: A feast of flavors from Turkey to India to Japan [Hardcover]

Tom Kime (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 18, 2008

Providing all the temptation of a tasting menu on a much more versatile scale, this is an eclectic trip through the cuisines of the vast continent of Asia-from Turkey and Afghanistan, through Pakistan and India, and on to Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan. The 90 recipes are clearly written with step-by-step instructions and icons which help to guide choices when grouping dishes to make up a menu. Keynote spreads throughout the book showcase ingredients integral to Asian cuisines. Asian Bites draws on the expertise of Tom Kime to bring you more than a collection of recipes, but also an education in the culinary traditions that abound across this vast continent.

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About the Author

Tom Kime trained with Rick Stein, and worked at the River Cafe with Jamie Oliver (he cooked at Jamie's wedding). Now a private chef and food consultant, Tom has opened Food at The Muse in Notting Hill, and writes for BBC's Good Food Magazine, Olive, and Waitrose Food Illustrated. His first book, Exploring Taste and Flavour, was published in 2005 and his second Street Food in 2007. His TV work includes appearances on Good Food Live for BBC's UK Food digital channel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT; 1 edition (February 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756633842
• ISBN-13: 978-0756633844
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,831,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT cookbook, February 28, 2008

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This review is from: Asian Bites: A feast of flavors from Turkey to India to Japan (Hardcover)

This is a fabulous little cookbook. All of the recipes are easy and the directions are very, very clear. The photography is wonderful -- you really get excited about the prospects of making a particular dish. I've done the spicy tamarind shrimp and the curried sweet corn fritters so far (I've owned the book all of four days) and I've got plans to do the steamed shrimp dumplings this week. What's wonderful about this book is that it gives you some very new and different things to make without requiring you to invest hundreds of dollars in hard-to-find Asian ingredients. Most (though not all) of the ingredients will be readily available at a good market. And I live in New Hampshire!