Thai Cooking Made Easy (English and Chinese Edition) [Paperback]

Sukhum Kittivech (Author), Wei-Chuan Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1992

This title is bilingual: English and Chinese. Famous for its exotic flavours and aromas, Thai cuisine offers culinary delights too numerous to describe. Suffice to say that the blending of the cuisines of the Chinese, Indian, Indonesian and Vietnamese cultures produces the delightful mouth watering contrasts of sweet, sour, and hot spicy tastes. Master chef, Sukhum Kittivech, the owner of the popular Chan Dara restaurants, has selected 100 authentic and popular Thai dishes that are sure to please the palates of those who partake of the exotic dishes. Most of the recipes are very easy to follow, with special sections on frequently used ingredients, seasonings, condiments and special sauces. All recipes are accompanied by full colour pictures to assist the reader in proper dish presentation.

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Text: Chinese, English

From the Publisher

¡§Thai Cuisine Made Easy¡¨ offers many authentic and popular, easy to follow Thai dishes. All procedures and steps for cooking are clearly presented in a succinct and cogent manner, utilizing contemporary home cooking methods anyone can follow. Each recipe has precise measurements and simplified kitchen tested procedures. However, readers are offered the flexibility to adjust any recipe to their individual preferences. Finally, the bilingual text provides for a broad community of interest.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Wei-Chuan Publishing; Chu ban edition (December 1992)
• Language: English, Chinese
• ISBN-10: 0941676285
• ISBN-13: 978-0941676281
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > Asian > Thai
  • #78 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Nonfiction > Chinese

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy for anyone, with great results, October 21, 2001

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Whether it's a characteristic of the publisher or of the author, the rather unique approach this cookbook takes to presenting ingredient lists and preparation instructions is outstanding. I'd like to think I'm pretty confident in the kitchen, but there's something to be said for simplified instructions, especially when you're in a hurry. But whether you're confident and competent as a cook, or a complete novice who finds toast a bit of a challenge, you'd have a hard time screwing-up a recipe from this one.

All the recipes I've tried have come out perfectly. And for those more experienced, there are plenty of opportunities for improvising where desired, as I have on the second and third times through some of the recipes.

Of particular note is Kittivech's take on sweet and sour pork. Extremely easy, it comes together quickly, and the taste is terrific. (Though I recommend doubling the sauce ingredients so you'll have plenty when served over rice.)

Like much Thai cooking, get ready for fish sauce. If you're not used to it, it's really pretty awful when first put in the wok, but the taste and smell mellow considerably with just a minute of cooking, and it does introduce a unique and intriguing flavor.

Finally, not worth failing to mention here are the beautiful full-color photographs of all the dishes in the book. They'll invite you to try more recipes, and they give excellent cues for preparation (like fancy cuts on vegetables) you may want to try.

Definitely one of the better additions to my cookbook library...

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Thai cookbook I own., April 28, 1999

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This review is from: Thai Cooking Made Easy (English and Chinese Edition) (Paperback)

Easy, tasty, almost impossible to wreck recipes. All ingredients found at local supermarkets (then again live in the SF Bay Area). Get it and try the Thai Toast, you wont be unhappy. The one thing this book dosent have is recipes for the curry pastes, it uses all premade store bought stuff, BUT if youve ever tried to get all the ingredients for your own, and then it didnt come out right any way you wont mind this. Just add more garlic to the sauces and it will be great!! The Green Curry Chicken will forever be my favourite! mmmmmmmm good!

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yummy, very simple and concise, high quality photos, January 17, 1999

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This review is from: Thai Cooking Made Easy (English and Chinese Edition) (Paperback)

I love this book!!!!!!! Let me count the ways:

1) The recepies are very fast and simple and contain no ingredients that you can't find.

2) The receipies taste correct and are excellent!!!! (given #1 and the fact that even some gourmet recipies I have tried don't taste correct I was shocked to find this!)

3) It comes with a clear plastic book cover that made the thing almost indistructible no matter how much fish sauce I splatter on it.

4) Hi quality, beautiful color photos for every dish make it easy to get the presentation right. It's also great for window shopping if you can't decide what to make for dinner! (every photo will make you drool)

The book is written in both Chinese and English.