Thai cookbook

[mightyh]

Anyone have a tried and true Thai cookbook?

[venus]

I have a Thai cookbook, but I don't know if you can get it here. My friend sent it to me from Singapore as a wedding present. It's called "Thai's Fabulous" by Karnjana Leder. Maybe you can order it from Amazon or a specialty bookshop?

My Better Homes and Garden's Step-by-Step cookbook has some decent recipes in it. I'm trying to make venison satay, like I had at Disneyworld right now, so I'll let you know if it turns out http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Jae

[Gail]

I confess I haven't tried recipes from either of these yet (bad! bad!) but I chose both because some of the recipes within sounded close to things I remembered eating in Thailand. The first-- "It Rains Fishes" by Kasma Loha-Unchit, who has a web site--was a bit of a joke around here earlier in the year when I accused Deanna of forcing me to buy it. Fabulous book, full of Thai lengend and customs as well as recipes which transport me back to the place each time I read from it. The second book "The Food of Thailand: Authentic Recipes From the Golden Kingdom" just plain looked and sounded good!



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[Beth]

I have 2, but I haven't tried enough of the recipes to give a tried and true stamp on them.

The Elegant Taste of Thailand by Sisamon Kongpan and Pinyo Srisawat is an attractive book, has a glossary of ingredients, lots of color photographs and has a lot of recipes, includng instructions on making your own curry pastes and sauces.

Great Thai Cooking for my American Friends by Yupa Holner is similar, but does not have any photographs.

[lorilei]

Deanna also "forced" me to buy the book "It Rains Fishes" http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Honestly - it is worth the money. The illustrations are fabulous, the tales are enticing, and the recipes (at least the 1-2 I've tried) are delicious. This is probably a good book for someone who not only wishes to COOK Thai food, but understand what he/she is cooking as well. The book has my vote http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

You might check out the website:
www.thaifoodandtravel.com (http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com)

Great food, great recommendations, and lots of information!

[LGBurns]

"Real Vegetarian Thai" by Nancie McDermott, published by Chronicle Books. I just got this cookboook recently so I, too, can't give it a "tried-and-true" review, but of the recipes I've tried in it (3 so far) I've really enjoyed all of them. I don't know if you would be interested in vegetarian Thai, but since a lot of Thai food is vegetarian anyway most of the dishes are authentic. Just to give you an idea of the recipes, the one's I've tried so far are: Red curry with Winter Vegetables and Cashews; Red Curry with Sweet Red Peppers, Snow Peas and Tofu; Burmese-Style Curry with Yams, Mushrooms & Ginger. Also, these recipes go from really hot to searing so I am very cautious with the amount of curry paste they suggest adding.

[MaryH]

Have one titled Thai Home Cooking from Kamolmal's Kitchen by William Crawford.

The second is Far Eastern Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey. Jaffrey hosted a BBC program by the same name a few years ago. I don't know if its still on or not. Her recipes cover a wide variety of countries including Thailand, Malaysia, India, etc.

If you had to choose one, I'd suggest Jaffrey's. The first one has authentic recipes but you usually need ingredients that may be harder to find (unless you have a well stocked Asian/Thai market near you) whereas Jaffrey will sometimes provide substitutions.



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