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Pan-Asian Express: Quick Fixes for Asian-Food Fans [Paperback]

Barbara Witt (Author)


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Book Description

January 1, 1997
You're probably sick of eating pasta for dinner every night. And you probably love Asian food. And you probably reach for the take-out menu to satisfy these cravings, since you believe that cooking Asian meals yourself would be too complicated, too difficult and beyond your culinary ability. Well, basically, you're wrong. You can incorporate delicious Asian cuisine into your cooking repertoire. Don't reach for the nearest take-out menu! Reach for Pan-Asian Express. This book is a lively collection of 100 main-dish recipes from all over Asia--from China and Japan to Indonesia and Thailand and to lesser known regions--and features either traditional recipes with a twist, or new inventions with authentic Asian taste. The recipes are all designed to work in American kitchens with minimum preparation. Exciting meals can be made in minutes, providing a welcome alternative to the usual fare. In order to simplify and speed up the cooking process, the book features an introductory section on how to stock your pantry with Asian condiments, information on techniques and equipment, and each recipe will be accompanied by serving suggestions, as well as ideas for dressing them up for company.



Pan-Asian Express provides a way for you to cook your own Asian meals without forcing you to resort to the giant tomes on the subject (which is the only thing currently on the bookshelves). Written in a fun, inviting, accessible and easy-to-follow style, this book offers a way to bring new ideas, new techniques and tantalizing new tastes to everyday cooking.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

When a New Yorker writes an Asian cookbook, the result is likely to be highly individualistic. In Pan-Asian Express, Barbara Witt clearly expresses personal preferences and offers advice, along with more than 100 recipes. In many instances, both differ markedly from those of other well-respected cooks, particularly where she appears to recommend convenience foods like frozen dumplings. Witt also suggests using liquid smoke in Beef Chow Fun when home cooks singe the bean sprouts in a hot dry wok to duplicate the effect restaurants get from using extra high heat. Pan-Asian Express is a handy, modestly-priced cookbook offering comfortable, middle-of-the-road fusion dishes like Sake-To-Me Chicken Salad and Pacific Steak and Fries. Without using illustrations, Witt gives outstanding directions for making Chinese won tons and Philippine lumpia. There are also useful sections on stir-frying and crisp-frying techniques. Recipes avoid ingredients that may be difficult to obtain, such as lemongrass, dried shrimp, and holy basil.

From Publishers Weekly

For those who love Asian food?whether Chinese or Thai, Indian or Vietnamese?yet feel too intimidated to tackle such cuisines at home, this inventive little cookbook offers a breezy and accessible way to start. Shifting the focus from authenticity to creativity, Witt, author of the James Beard Award-winning Great Foods Without Fuss, helps readers grasp "the generalities of Asian cooking," which include such techniques as stir-frying and signature ingredients as cilantro and soy sauce. About half of the 100 recipes are streamlined, tasty versions of classic recipes like Pad Thai and Vegetable Spring Rolls. The rest are dazzling "fusion" recipes (e.g., Jakarta Tart, actually an herbed, garlicky quiche made with coconut milk; Tokyo Guacamole, spiced up with wasabi and ginger) that invite improvisation and ingredient substitution. The book, organized by style of cooking as well as by meal, offers a variety of sauces (Quick Vietnamese Peanut Sauce); snacks (Delhi Quesadillas, made with a cilantro-and-mint chutney); easy crisp-fries (Madras Chimichangas; Samosas); and stir-fries (Korean Bulgogi, a vegetable and beef combination). Witt demonstrates adeptly how to use sparkling Asian flavors to brighten everyday cooking.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam (January 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553374052
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553374056
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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