Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients. Dedicated to a single subject--from Grill to Asian to Seafood--each volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week.
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Farina Wong Kingsley was raised in a traditional Cantonese household and is a highly respected culinary instructor specializing in Asian cuisines. She has taught at Tante Marie's Cooking School in San Francisco, written for the Center for Culinary Development, and contributed to a number of cookbooks, including Williams-Sonoma Asian. She resides in San Francisco.
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Farina Wong Kingsley is a culinary instructor at Tante Marie's Cooking School in San Francisco and a consulting chef for San Francisco's Center for Culinary Development. She has written and contributed to numerous cookbooks, including The Essentials of Asian Cooking, The Aqua Restaurant Cookbook, and Food Made Fast: Asian. She lives in Tiburon, CA.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
By lovemybaby
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is WONDERFUL. I'm a busy mom. The section of 20 minutes really take 20 minutes! The food tastes GREAT. My husband is shocked how many of the recipes we have already tried. We've made nearly 50% of all them now. To boot - the ingredients are genius - you invest really in a select 12-ish ingredients (like spices, oils, etc) and you can make so many dishes from them.
We have cut out eating out by quite a bit, and I have now added several of these books in this series to my wish list based on this experience.
Some cons -
Dishes that use or you personally add veggies to. I find full sodium soy sauce a little salty. So I have on a couple of recipes written right in the book to use low sodium soy sauce instead.
Likewise with oil. The shrimp recipes I cut the oil down, otherwise it's just a tad oily.
Finally - last recommendation - the recipes that have you add the 1/4 tsp or 1/2 tsp of cornstarch - try making the sauce ahead of time. It's a matter of taste - but if you can let it sit 10 minutes - it thickens way more (like Chinese take out) than the 1 minute it calls for while cooking it. I just put it in the fridge until I'm ready. So so good.
I can't wait to make some of these dishes for my mother-in law who really is carb conscience. She wouldn't eat any rice, so I will try to make more sauce and just add more veggies. Yum!
We have cut out eating out by quite a bit, and I have now added several of these books in this series to my wish list based on this experience.
Some cons -
Dishes that use or you personally add veggies to. I find full sodium soy sauce a little salty. So I have on a couple of recipes written right in the book to use low sodium soy sauce instead.
Likewise with oil. The shrimp recipes I cut the oil down, otherwise it's just a tad oily.
Finally - last recommendation - the recipes that have you add the 1/4 tsp or 1/2 tsp of cornstarch - try making the sauce ahead of time. It's a matter of taste - but if you can let it sit 10 minutes - it thickens way more (like Chinese take out) than the 1 minute it calls for while cooking it. I just put it in the fridge until I'm ready. So so good.
I can't wait to make some of these dishes for my mother-in law who really is carb conscience. She wouldn't eat any rice, so I will try to make more sauce and just add more veggies. Yum!
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I like to collect cookbooks, and this is the first book I have ever bought that I tried four recipes in a week and loved all of them! The ingredients are common and simple, the instructions precise and easy to follow, and the end result is certainly delicious! Buy this book if you want to cook up some tasty and authentic Asian meals. Enjoy!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By E. Gonzales
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fast and Good -usually the two are mutually exclusive, but not here. I found out about this book at a friend's house. She always cooks amazing meals. She left it out on the counter and I recognized some of her recent dishes. As soon as I got home I ordered this book. I liked it so much I just bought another copy as a gift.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Better Good Than Fast
By definition, wok cooking is FAST, this cookbook has
some interesting dishes, fair to good instructions. Okay
in my library at the price paid; not for beginners.
some interesting dishes, fair to good instructions. Okay
in my library at the price paid; not for beginners.
Published 2 months ago by Fred Favole
4.0 out of 5 stars
Yummy
I have only good things to say about the Food Made Fast books. I like to cook and I like a variety of ethnic cuisines, however, like most adults, I don't have a ton of time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stephanie L. Sloan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good cookbook, poor shipping
This was an Amazon direct purchase and the book arrived with the dustjacket wrinkled and shredded. OK, someone had to have seen that before shipping it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by lacrema
3.0 out of 5 stars
A few recipes I like!
Found some recipes I like..over all most of the recipes in the book I haven't use yet...hence the low rating. I do have 1 favorite I keep using over and over. Read more
Published 5 months ago by T. Worline
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
Great recipes although I already knew some of them. I was hoping for some more authentic recipes. Overall though its great.
Published 5 months ago by :)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yum-a-licious!
This has been a much-used cookbook in our house. My college-age son complimented so many dishes that I bought one for him too, and he actually uses it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by cryogini
5.0 out of 5 stars
I think Im going to like this
I have only read through this book, but I think I'm really going to like it. Recipes look good, easy, and pretty quick to make. I can't wait to try one.
Published on November 17, 2010 by Stacy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply the Best!
This is a fantastic book. The recipes are clear, concise, and accurate. The ingredients are easy to obtain. The results will make you seem like a winner on Top Chef! Read more
Published on September 30, 2010 by Norman M. Garland
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Asian cook book
Love this book, gave some great suggestions for Chinese cooking. With ingredients to use etc... I have tried many of the recipes, and they are great... Read more
Published on February 6, 2010 by jj
5.0 out of 5 stars
Asian (Food Made Fast)
After looking for cookbooks on Asian food I found this one.
Very interesting and easy to read and cook with. Read more
Very interesting and easy to read and cook with. Read more
Published on October 18, 2009 by M. Pottinger
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