Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes To Twirl, Slurp, And Savor [Hardcover]

Nina Simonds (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1997

For great food that is fast, cheap, and healthy, nothing fills the bill like noodles.Nina Simonds, one of America's most popular authorities on Asian cuisine, shows that the most satisfying and delicious noodle dishes are fun and fabulous to make at home. Tired of spaghetti and ravioli? Try soba, somen, ramen, or rice noodles instead. The 75 recipes for fragrant noodle soups, salads, starters, sides and complete suppers will thrill noodle nuts and novices alike. Cool and refreshing Cold Soba Noodles, soul-warming Ginger Sesame Chicken Noodles, and light and airy Lemon Broccoli Noodles are just a few of Nina's intensely flavorful dishes that are good enough to eat every night. "Asian Noodles" has a trove of useful and well-organized charts and tips on using the recipes, types of noodles, and how to prepare, use, or substitute the noodles--all designed to make any noodle novice an expert in no time.

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Amazon.com Review

Udon, ramen, pho, pad thai -- there's a seemingly endless array of Asian noodle dishes that have found a very comfortable niche in Western foodie culture. And for good reason: they're nutritious, inexpensive, and darn tasty. Now Nina Simonds, Chinese scholar and author of China Express and Classic Chinese Cuisine, shows how to make them beautiful as well.

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For great food that is fast, cheap, and healthy, nothing fills the bill like noodles.

Nina Simonds, one of America's most popular authorities on Asian cuisine, shows that the most satisfying and delicious noodle dishes are fun and fabulous to make at home. Tired of spaghetti and ravioli? Try soba, somen, ramen, or rice noodles instead. The 75 recipes for fragrant noodle soups, salads, starters, sides and complete suppers will thrill noodle nuts and novices alike. Cool and refreshing Cold Soba Noodles, soul-warming Ginger Sesame Chicken Noodles, and light and airy Lemon Broccoli Noodles are just a few of Nina's intensely flavorful dishes that are good enough to eat every night.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Hearst Books; 1st edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688131344
• ISBN-13: 978-0688131340
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Simonds Convert, April 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes To Twirl, Slurp, And Savor (Hardcover)

When I first bought the book, I was a little put off by the degree to which she Americanized her recipes. She rhapsodizes about being transported back to various exotic locales by the spices and flavors of her "scrumptious," "spunky" and "sassy" dishes (all mildly irritating descriptive terms she repeats frequently) and yet provides seemingly inauthentic substitutions for many of her ingredients. However, after having used several of the recipes (with substitutions), I am a convert. The recipes are quick and easy and have some reasonably authentic flavors. If you are looking for authentic Asian cuisine, this is not the cookbook for you. If you are looking for quick, flavorful meals and are a bit bewildered by the astonishing variety of Asian noodles, this is an excellent book. The instructions are clear, the recipes are excellent and the pictures are beautiful.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great, quick-cook cookbook, December 5, 2000

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This review is from: Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes To Twirl, Slurp, And Savor (Hardcover)

It's not the exact thing you'd get in an Asian restaurant, but who cares? These are great, very simple recipes. You'll need some of the Asian cooking basics (fish sauce, chili sauce, rice vinegar) and occasionally a few more exotic things, but, if you're cooking Asian, you've probably got most of these things in your cupboard already.

My wife and I absolutely love Asian cooking but we both work full-time, so it's sometime hard to find the time to cook good stuff. This cookbook is full of wonderful, flavorful recipes that don't take too long to make.

The sauces section in the back of the book is more than worth having this. We make the sauces, keep them in the fridge, and just put them over rice for lunch or dinner. Great, great stuff.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favorite cookbook, January 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes To Twirl, Slurp, And Savor (Hardcover)

We moved away from NY and my favorite noodle place to the midwest (no noodle place). I saw this cookbook and immediately had pangs of nostalgia. I got it more for sentimental reasons than in hopes that I would use it much. I sat down to read it and learned a ton about noodles, and realized that I could do this. I use is all the time. Great, easy recipes. I read a review that complained about the pad thai, but I love it. Every pad thai is different; has its own personality. This one may not be the one you are used to, but it has a ton of character. I love visiting my (one) local asian store to stock up on noodles and ingredients. Get this book! I wow my dinner guests and always get requests for recipes. A great gift.