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Ken Hom
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Pages: 128 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0563537469
Pub: BBC Books
Pub date: 2002-05-23
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 240986
Reader Reviews:
KEN HOM - FOOLPROOF THIA COOKERY (19/20 people found this helpful)
Well, Ken does it again! This is a good book, well worth buying as it's full of easy recipes which work. Made a Mussaman curry tonight and it was excellent. If you like Thai food, I can't reccomend this book enough!
The title says it all - foolproof Thai cookery (31/31 people found this helpful)
Thai food is one of my favourite cuisines and I was looking for a recipe book that would enable me to capture the rich flavours at home. This book did not disappoint and it is still consulted on a regular basis.
The first section of the book covers ingredients and equipment and quickly demystifies unfamiliar ingredients such as lemon grass and galangal. The following chapters cover: soups & starters, fish & shell fish, meat & poultry, and vegetables. In all forty of the best-known Thai dishes are covered.
The last section is a series of menus. An excellent idea as many cook books lack information on how to bring the various recipes together into a complete meal.
The book is written in Ken Hom's no-nonsense, enthusiastic style and will appeal to people venturing into Thai cooking for the first time.
A must for all serious cooks (53/55 people found this helpful)
Ken Hom has done for Thai cooking what Delia Smith has done for the humble boiled egg. He has created an easy to follow guide to creating authentic Thai food that even a novice can follow, and you get great results every time.
The book is well laid out with an introduction section that gives details on all the ingrediants that are used in the book. It is then sectioned into starters and main courses, which includes meat, fish, poultry and vegetarian. It concludes by providing sample menues that can be used for a simple family meal or even a buffet to a large number of people.
He has provided a foolproof recipe for rice. This may sound basic, but as most people will know rice is one of the most difficult dishes to cook well, and this recipe really works, giving great results every time.
Ken Hom says that the secret to cooking great Thai food is preparation, and after trying a number of his recipes I would agree with him. Make sure that you have all your sauces lined up and that everything is chopped and grated before you start cooking, otherwise things can become hetic. If you take the time to get organised first then the cooking runs smoothly and the results are fantastic.
I bought this book at the request of my husband who likes to dabble in the kitchen and can hardly manage to get the book off him. He has created a number of great meals and I am looking forward to many more.
So if you want to encourage someone to start cooking, or if you are looking for something a little more adventerous, then this is the book for you. You don't have to be an accomplished cook to get great results. Just get the book and start cooking.
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