The third in the EAT SMART series is a comprehensive, readable survey of the whole scope of Indonesian gastronomy. It confers savvy to partake as fully and gloriously of Indonesian food as desired and is essential reading for any “foodie” visiting this vast archipelago.
The newest (and third) guide in this authoritative series Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure is a paean to Indonesian cuisine. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Indonesian food and extensive background on the delectable regional dishes. Indonesian phrases are included to make one’s culinary adventure even more successful. At the core of the book are two extensive glossaries in Indonesian with English translations. The “Menu Guide” demystifies food selection, allowing visitors to order with confidence in restaurants; the “Foods & Flavors Guide” is a comprehensive list of foods, spices, cooking utensils, cooking styles, etc., to make shopping in the colorful outdoor markets easy and fun.
Authors Joan and David Peterson (inveterate travelers, cooks, seekers of unusual herbs and spices, and new ways to prepare familiar ingredients) have added a delicious bonus by providing a chapter of recipes for travelers to preview the tastes before departure, thus broadening the guide’s appeal to cookbook lovers as well.
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You may go to Indonesia for puppet theater and white beaches, but you'll return dreaming of nasi goreng (fried rice) and opor ayam (spicy coconut chicken). Still, there are so many Indonesian treasures that you might have tried, if only you'd known how to ask for them, and felt reasonably confident of the ingredients. Happily, Joan and David Peterson are masters of conferring culinary smarts. They provide regional specialties, food market aplomb, restaurant phrases, a glossary of ingredients, and the main course--an extensive list of Indonesian entries with English translations. I wish this book had been available when I visited Sumatra and Bali.
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“Soundly researched, clearly written, artistically illustrated, Eat Smart in Indonesia is the most comprehensive and readable survey of the whole scope of Indonesian gastronomy I have ever come across. It is equally valuable as a solid reference work for the scholar and as exotic inspiration for the chef or home entertainer."—Bill Dalton, Founder, Moon Travel Guides and author of Indonesian Handbook
“This is a lovely book, full of knowledge and wisdom, a pleasure to read, an indispensable companion for travellers who care about what they’re eating. If you are only thinking of going, cook some of these Indonesian recipes and taste the islands for yourself. I only wish there were a guidebook like this for every country where people still know how to eat well.”—Sri Owen, author of Indonesian Regional Cooking
“Eat Smart in Indonesia is a must-read offering a wealth of practical information for travelers and armchair travelers alike interested in experiencing Indonesian food. The book is chocked full of solid tips and advice that takes the guesswork out of unfamiliar foods. Never before has a book taken a reader straight into the heart of a country’s cuisine.”—Shannon Roxborough, A Taste of Asia: The Quarterly Newsletter of Eastern Culinary Arts
“For a country of 17,000 islands and 670 dialects, and complex traditions, religion and culture, no one—including Indonesians—can claim to know more about Indonesia’s traditional food tastes than the authors of Eat Smart in Indonesia. Their guide is the first ever published with in-depth information about the unique and diverse food of Indonesia.”—William W. Wongso, culinary educator, president of William F & B Management, Jakarta, Java
“This is a lovely book, full of knowledge and wisdom, a pleasure to read, an indispensable companion for travellers who care about what they’re eating. If you are only thinking of going, cook some of these Indonesian recipes and taste the islands for yourself. I only wish there were a guidebook like this for every country where people still know how to eat well.”—Sri Owen, author of Indonesian Regional Cooking
“Eat Smart in Indonesia is a must-read offering a wealth of practical information for travelers and armchair travelers alike interested in experiencing Indonesian food. The book is chocked full of solid tips and advice that takes the guesswork out of unfamiliar foods. Never before has a book taken a reader straight into the heart of a country’s cuisine.”—Shannon Roxborough, A Taste of Asia: The Quarterly Newsletter of Eastern Culinary Arts
“For a country of 17,000 islands and 670 dialects, and complex traditions, religion and culture, no one—including Indonesians—can claim to know more about Indonesia’s traditional food tastes than the authors of Eat Smart in Indonesia. Their guide is the first ever published with in-depth information about the unique and diverse food of Indonesia.”—William W. Wongso, culinary educator, president of William F & B Management, Jakarta, Java
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This review is from: Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 3) (Paperback)
This little book is essential for travelers to a country where food is riotously varied, delicious and, to most of us, utterly unfamiliar. It begins with a brief historical survey of the cuisine, citing the contributions of successive immigrant or colonial groups, then slices the other way, with sections on Indonesia's major culinary regions and their specialties and characteristics. Recipes, a listing of US sources for ingredients, then phrases in Indonesian all follow. Two alphabetical listings are the heart of the book: One is of menu items, with brief descriptions and notations; the other is of "foods and flavors" (and utensils, cooking methods and so on), in Indonesian, with English translations or explanations. The whole is thorough, information-packed and mouthwatering.
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Well researched, accurate and very informative..,
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This review is from: Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 3) (Paperback)
The authors have written a series of Eat Smart books that no traveler to foreign countries should be without. Each book covers a separate country--Eat Smart in Turkey, Eat Smart in Brazil, Eat Smart in Indonesia and Eat Smart in Mexico--and is chock full of information that you won't find elsewhere within the covers of one easy-to-carry paperback. Individual chapters cover such topics as the history of the country's cuisine, regional foods, how to shop in the local markets, mail-order sources for suppliers of ingredients, and a collection of recipes for typical dishes found in that country. Especially useful is each book's extensive menu guide, listing menu terms alphabetically in the language of the foreign country, with a description of the dish in English. That section is followed by a chapter titled "Foods & Flavors"--listing the foreign terms for foods, spices, kitchen utensils and cooking techniques, with an English translation/description. These books are well researched, accurate and very informative. Highly recommended. --Sharon Hudgins, editor, Chile Pepper magazine
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This is a spectacular guide to Indonesian cuisine.,
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This review is from: Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 3) (Paperback)
For a country of 17,000 islands and 670 dialects, and complex traditions, religion and culture, no one-including Indonesians-can claim to know more about Indonesia's traditional food tastes than the authors of Eat Smart in Indonesia. Their guide is the first ever published with in-depth information about the unique and diverse food of Indonesia. -William W. Wongso, culinary educator, president of William F & B Management, Jakarta, Java
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