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"Thai Home Cooking" by Robert Carmack & Sompon Nabnian

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The Bottom Line

A beautifully photographed book with simple and delicious Thai recipes.

Pros

  • Thai cooking simplified with easy-to-follow recipes
  • an abundance of pictures including step-by-step instructions
  • comprehensive glossary of ingredients
  • equipment and utensils explained

Cons

  • advanced cooks may find this cookbook too basic

Description

  • a good recipe book for cooks new to Thai cuisine
  • full of beautiful pictures and images
  • simple, easy-to-follow recipes

Guide Review - "Thai Home Cooking" by Robert Carmack & Sompon Nabnian

Learn to Cook Thai Step by Step "Thai Home Cooking" by Robert Carmack & Sompon Nabnian provides an excellent introduction to Thai cooking. This book is full of beautiful photographs (many of them step-by-step) and simple, but delicious recipes that readers will want to try right away. A comprehensive glossary and description of Thai ingredients (including pictures) is an invaluable part of the book.

Included in the introduction are instructions on how to season a wok, and how to prepare fresh chilli peppers. This is a book you will want to have in your library; if nothing else, the mouth-watering photography will get you excited about making dinner!

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