Kategoria BISAC: Cooking >> Regional & Ethnic - Asian

This brilliant, original, and encyclopedic cookbook presents the authentic foods and recipes of the great oriental cuisines by cooking technique-steaming, stir-frying, deep-frying, currying, simmering, barbecuing, noodle-making, etc. With loving attention to authenticity and detail, the author presents more than 300 tested recipes for such dishes as Indonesian twice-fried spicy peanut fritters, Japanese tempura, Peking duck, Philippine deep-fried Thai catfish, and dozens of other exotic foods. All of the recipes are made with ingredients widely available in America, or with unique...

Jean-Georges Vongerichten, chef and owner of 18 restaurants around the world, pioneered Asian-fusion cuisine and cooks this food better than anyone on the planet. In "Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges," he presents dozens of recipes for reproducing the dishes that have made his restaurants--Vong, Spice Market, and 66--the hottest dining destinations in New York City.
Jean-Georges began his love affair with Asian food when he became the chef de cuisine at the renowned Oriental Hotel in Bangkok at the age of twenty-three. His trips to the markets of Bangkok sparked a lifelong obsession with...

Mention "wok cooking," and one immediately visualizes a huge wok being wielded above a mighty flame. One also thinks Asian "comfort food"--with accompanying images of wholesome and thoughtfully prepared meals, eaten together with family members in the comfort of the home.

Wok stir-frying is one of the best and quickest cooking methods out there. Because of the intense heat required, the food is cooked rapidly, and its taste and nutritional value are preserved....

Her cooking strategy is based on how long it takes to prepare rice--so that all the elements of these delicious meals are ready at the same time. She shares lots of helpful hints for quick-and-easy preparation and cooking, and demonstrates how her approach allows you to enjoy the exotic flavors and healthy benefits of Asian cuisine any day of the week.

The recipes are organized by...

Award-winning authors Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid followed the river south, as it flows through the mountain gorges of southern China, to Burma and into Laos and Thailand. For a while the right bank of the river is in Thailand, but then it becomes solely Lao on its way to Cambodia. Only after three thousand miles does it finally...

"A refreshing take on seafood specifically geared towards the home kitchen from one of the South's most talked-about restaurants."--Kirkus Reports

"This is not a cookbook for purists, but novice cooks who want to play with new ingredients will have a lot of fun."--Publishers Weekly

"Beautiful mouth-watering photographs."
--2006 Benjamin Franklin Awards Participant Book Evaluation, PMA

"Chef Ben Smith shares his culinary creations in a simple, easy-to-understand style. . . . offers a veritable feast of island flavor." --Midwest Book Review

"Smith shares his food...

We all want to provide tasty and healthy meals for our families, but few of us have the time on a daily basis. This steaming cookbook shows busy cooks how to keep the delicious and healthy meals coming without spending hours in the kitchen to prepare home-cooked dinners. An ancient Asian cooking technique, steaming fits in perfectly with contemporary eating styles. Quick and easy to prepare, steaming is a flavor-packed and nutritious alternative to cooking with fats.

Steaming is a wonderful introduction...

In this expanded version, Brown includes a comprehensive history that describes the true identity and evolution of the Anglo Indian as well as greater details about Anglo-Indian cuisine. As with many other cultures, the Anglo...