Customer Reviews

Cambodian Cooking: A humanitarian project in collaboration with Act for Cambodia

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I actually bought this book while in Cambodia, staying at the hotel where Joannes Riviere is the executive chef. Both my husband and I became hooked on Khmer Fish Stew (amok) the national dish, and the recipe in the book has allowed me to make this dish at home. I am fortunate in that in Seattle we have great Asian markets so all of the incredients needed for the recipes (such as lime leaves) are readily available. Cambodian food is simple, flavorful, and easy to make. Buy this book and you will not only be able to make great Cambodian dishes...you will also be able to help out a worthy cause. This book was created entirely by volunteers and all royalties are paid to the Sala Bai Cooking School which helps impoverished Cambodian young people to be trained in professions connected to the hotel trade (Chef, receptionist, waiter, and housekeeper). As someone who has visited Cambodia and directly seen the lasting effects of the Khmer Rouge genocide and met the wonderful, welcoming people of Cambodia, I strongly recommend this book for both its recipes and the cause it supports.

This is a very good cookbook and has so many good recipes for Cambodian cooking. Very good pictures and directions. The only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars was because I had hoped it would contain words in the Cambodian language as well as English, so that my wife who is Camhodian could use it better.