Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen by Leela Punyaratabandhu
This cookbook is is all about simple Thai food. Not American-simple, “ready in 20 minutes using ingredients always in your pantry,” but simple as in truly, simply, the food that is served in Thai homes. Not trendy restaurant Thai, not Thai fusion, not Thai-influenced: simply, Thai.
The recipes are authentic, the instructions detailed, the photography beautiful. Leela gives acceptable substitutes for potentially hard-to-find ingredients when they exist, and when a substitute just won’t do she makes that clear as well. She also includes an introduction for most recipes which includes where she got the recipe or the traditional background of that food. In short, this is the perfect cookbook for someone who simply wants to learn about and cook real Thai food.
http://tezfiles.com/file/1ad2153069d64/1607745232.epub
Home Cooking Made Easy: 100 Fabulous Easy to Make Recipes by Lorraine Pascale
TV chef Lorraine Pascale, author of the phenomenal bestseller Baking Made Easy, is back with her second cookery book – this time packed with simple and delicious recipes for relaxed home cooking that go far beyond baking.
The queen of cookery offers 100 scrumptious and seriously easy recipes, from cosy soups and roasts to delicious autumnal breads, in this second book to accompany Lorraine’s BBC2 prime time four-part autumn cookery series.
http://tezfiles.com/file/48516f596dec3/0007275927_e.rar
Eat Street: The ManBQue Guide to Making Street Food at Home by John Carruthers
Thanks to foodies, soft-focus feature spreads, and unbending artisan philosophies, you’d think that cooking has become a rarified skill that only those with a Yelp account and three-hundred dollar knife set can enjoy. It’s easy to forget that delicious food is often loud, messy, and fun. When was the last time a Michelin-starred restaurant made you feel like you discovered a secret, amazing part of a city? When was the last time you yelled “this is f*king amazing!” at a tastefully-appointed bistro? But you did pledge your undying devotion to that food truck at 3:00 am, right before the memories get fuzzy. So we dug up that taco recipe, plus a couple hundred others worthy of your foul-mouthed late night praise. And now you can make it yourself at home.
For those who like their food grilled, fired, and charred, Eat Street presents 200 recipes for the most delicious food in the world—street food. Starting with the setups, you’ll discover how to get the most out of everything from flat-top griddles to outdoor brick ovens to earthenware pots, so you make the best food with the right equipment. Then dig into the greatest hand-held grub from around the world: Philly Cheese Steaks, Pork Belly Gyoza Dumplings, Arepas, and more. Each recipe comes paired with a beer, so you put the right bottle or can with whatever you’re cooking. Welcome to Eat Street.
http://tezfiles.com/file/246969296f695/0762458690_e.rar
Malaysian Home Cooking: A treasury of authentic Malaysian recipes by Sook Ching Lee
With more than 170 authentic Malaysian recipes, you can now savour some of the best Southeast Asian delights in your own home. This worthy companion of both novice and seasoned cooks has an extensive spread of Chinese, Malay and Indian recipes. Learn to whip up classic favourites from simple fare such as wonton mee, mee rebus and yong tau foo, to tempting delights like chicken rice, nasi lemak, curry and fried hokkien mee. Complete with comprehensive notes on cooking techniques and an illustrated glossary, this tantalising collection will be a delightful companion in your home kitchen.
http://tezfiles.com/file/abab77daa9544/9814484229.pdf
Though the book sensibly substitutes ingredients found in the Philippines for items that are more readily available in local US stores, the compromise in taste is not noticable (if there even is). All in all, it is a short but very helpful book that taught me how to cook a few homestyle dishes that I know, miss and love.
Cook delicious and authentic homemade dishes with this easy-to-use Filipino cookbook.
Filipino food is one of the least well-known of all Southeast Asian cuisines. Strongly influenced by the historical presence of the Spaniards, Chinese and Americans, it lacks the singular national identity that characterizes the food of other nations. Yet it is precisely that indefinable quality, this veil of mystery surrounding it, that makes Filipino food such an interesting and delicious discovery.
Filipino Homestyle Dishes offers the best of Filipino cuisine—more than 60 classic Filipino recipes as they are prepared in Filipino homes. From delightful snacks to delectable seafood, rice and noodle dishes, this wonderful Filipino cookbook is full of utterly delightful Filipino fare. Making these classic Filipino dishes has never been easier—a quick trip to your local supermarket for some basic ingredients is all you need to enjoy these mouthwatering recipes. Clear recipes, step-by-step photographs and a glossary of ingredients ensure fantastic results every time!
Authentic Filipino recipes include:
– Tasty Pork and Shrimp Spring Rolls
– Braised Vegetables with Fish
– Shrimp Rice Noodles
– Chicken and Pork Adobo
– Stuffed Beef Roll
– Iced Fruit Mix (Halo-Halo)
– And many more…
http://tezfiles.com/file/b3d531ec83c22/0794602142.pdf
Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook
Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking is so much more than a cookbook. It’s a true primer on authentic Korean cooking and I wish I had this book when I began cooking Korean foods. A glossary of ingredients includes photos, descriptions, and food names in both English and Korean. Info on acceptable substitutes is also available when possible. Tips and techniques are dotted throughout the book, making everything guess-free. Included is also a fascinating introduction to the basics of traditional Korean meals and the culture that surrounds them.
This book is also filled with color photographs of finished recipes, as well as some step by step photos. I think there are over 400 photos in all! Like many people, I prefer cookbooks with photos to entice me into trying them. Yes, it’s food porn. And it’s so good!
The recipes are varied and include many basic Korean mainstays, as well as some unique recipes. I was particularly thrilled to find recipes for making kitchen staples such as homemade gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste) and rice liquor. I make kimchi all the time, which I learned from Maangchi’s YouTube channel, but never thought about making other fermented foods and pastes. Now I will!
I live on a mostly plant based diet, with occasional seafood. Many of the recipes in this cookbook include beef and pork, but plenty are meatless or include seafood. Everything is rich in vegetables and many can be easily adapted to a meat free meal. In fact, that’s one of the things I appreciate about the Korean diet – plenty of vegetables at every meal. If you are a meat eater, you’ll find more than enough to keep you happy, including the secret to that famous Korean fried chicken everyone loves so much.
Tonight we made vegetable leaf wraps with rice and apple dipping sauce, and stir fried kale with soybean paste. These were recipes that I already had ingredients for, since I couldn’t wait to try a few new dishes. The apple dipping sauce was very new to me and I really enjoyed it. Finely diced sweet apples were combined with savory soybean paste, red pepper paste, sesame oil, garlic, and scallions. I spread a small amount of this on leafy greens and rolled it around a bit of rice for bite sized packets that made my mouth burst from all the flavor! Even my granddaughter loved this one. The kale recipe was also new to me. The seasoning mixture was similar to what I use on spinach, and it was surprisingly good on the kale.
Cooking unfamiliar foods can be intimidating, but “Real Korean Cooking” will give you the knowledge and confidence to create a meal that is authentic and delicious. If you are unsure about anything, her online community is there to help. I’m much more pleased with this cookbook than I expected to be. I highly recommend it!
http://tezfiles.com/file/1461dced0c985/054412989X.epub
