Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass: Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali (Paperback)

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From roadside to restaurant, Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass presents a mouthwatering culinary tour of Southeast Asia’s most scrumptious food. Enjoy an abundance of different dishes from Southeast Asia’s rich and varied cuisine, such as Singapore’s fascinating cosmopolitan offerings, Thailand’s sinfully spicy dishes or Vietnam’s refreshingly healthy recipes.
Featuring expertly-written text recipes from Wendy Hutton, one of the stars of Asian cuisine, Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass will help you whip up an Asian festival
of food in your very own kitchen!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Periplus Editions (May 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0794602304
• ISBN-13: 978-0794602307
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #372,292 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reliable and handsome, February 26, 2006

By	Kristina Sullivan (Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass: Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali (Hardcover)

Ms. Hutton offers reliable, clear recipes in a beautiful book, with clear advice as to ingredients, combinations, and cooking techniques. Lush photographs make everything look scrumptious. Good design keeps one recipe together on one page. I have had very good results with the three recipes I have tried. I bought the hardback because I expect to be using this book often, and appreciate the author's identification of recipes that require extra time and effort--a whole chapter. Another approach I appreciate is a good use of English that is not too British, not too American--but comprehensible to both, I hope. I am an American cook but sometimes use metric measures and having both is helpful.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book!, July 17, 2004

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This review is from: Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass: Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali (Hardcover)

Not only is this book beautiful to look at, the recipes produce the most delicious (and authentic tasting) food. The simple recipes are easy enough even for people who aren't that confident in the kitchen (like my spouse); the fancier ones are perfect for dinner parties. Highly recommended!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Access to a well-stocked Asian grocery will be required, April 13, 2004

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass: Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali (Hardcover)

Access to a well-stocked Asian grocery will be required for successful appreciation of GREEN MANGOES AND LEMON GRASS; but readers with such access will find this a fine introduction to the range of Southeast Asia's dishes, from Thailand's spicy cuisine to the French influences of Vietnamese dishes. Enjoy a Mimosa Rice from Vietnam spiced with coconut milk, fish sauce, Chinese sausages and onions; or a Spicy Minced Beef from Laos with lime juice and lemon grass. Beautiful color photos abound.