Thai Food
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- Author：David Thompson
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Summary
Thai Food gives the most comprehensive account of this ancient and exotic cuisine ever published in English。 David Thompson shares his passion for the unique style of cooking that he believes to be one of the world's greatest cuisines。
Reviews
Maka Puda
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Will read seriously and。。。it's hard to concentrate on practicing English。。。because it's a really lacking skill。。There is something that inspires me。 Will read seriously and。。。it's hard to concentrate on practicing English。。。because it's a really lacking skill。。There is something that inspires me。 。。。more
David
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This is a beautiful book that is very good on the cultural history of Thai food， and on Thai ingredients and cooking methods， and Earl Carter’s photographs are wonderful， but Thompson’s resolute attempts to turn every recipe into la haute gastronomie are annoying。 Jackfruit custard does not need a Michelin star or the eggs to have come from a duck or the palm sugar to have been perfumed。 Many of the recipes need to be reduced by two cups of pretension。
Luke Gruber
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David Thompson gives a very in depth look into Thai cuisine。 The first 1/4th of this book is a seemingly complete account of the entire history of Thai food， how it originated and evolved。This book is exhaustive， but it gives many authentic Thai recipes and pictures。 David Thompson’s restaurant was the first in Thailand to receive a Michelin star。 He stressed ingredients and technique relentlessly。 In fact， it can be discouraging for a mid westerner having troubles sourcing real ingredients and David Thompson gives a very in depth look into Thai cuisine。 The first 1/4th of this book is a seemingly complete account of the entire history of Thai food， how it originated and evolved。This book is exhaustive， but it gives many authentic Thai recipes and pictures。 David Thompson’s restaurant was the first in Thailand to receive a Michelin star。 He stressed ingredients and technique relentlessly。 In fact， it can be discouraging for a mid westerner having troubles sourcing real ingredients and avoiding substitutes。 。。。more
Andrew Brennan
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A wonderful， uncompromising overview of Thai food。 I loved the extensive historical / cultural intro， which answered a lot of niggling questions。 My wife （Thai） and to a much lesser extent me， will give some of the many recipes a go。 There’s enough in here for many meals。
Rebecca
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Pictures of Recipes？ Very few。Commentary on Recipes？ Yes。Nutrition Facts？ No。Recipe style？ Truly authentic Thai。 Any keepers？ A couple。This functions as an encyclopedia of Thai culture and cuisine。 The recipes can call for some pretty specialized ingredients。
Cedric
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A superb and detailed introduction to Thai cuisine。 How many cookbooks start with a 180+ page essay on geography， history， ethnology， cultural anthropology， agriculture and religion？ And then each chapter which details a particular group of dishes （relishes， curries， soups， salads and side dishes） is in turn prefaced by a mini-essay on how the styles evolved and how different ingredients and techniques were incorporated。 The recipes then follow a more or less historical sequence， from the origin A superb and detailed introduction to Thai cuisine。 How many cookbooks start with a 180+ page essay on geography， history， ethnology， cultural anthropology， agriculture and religion？ And then each chapter which details a particular group of dishes （relishes， curries， soups， salads and side dishes） is in turn prefaced by a mini-essay on how the styles evolved and how different ingredients and techniques were incorporated。 The recipes then follow a more or less historical sequence， from the original dishes of the highland Thai to the elaborate palace cuisine of the late nineteenth century。 In addition a massive compilation of ingredients and techniques。 Working through this book （as I am trying to do） is a comprehensive education in this elaborate and sophisticated cuisine。 。。。more
Sue
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an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the food of Thailand
Viv Freeman
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BUT。。。。。 too scared to cook anything as the are a billion ingredients for each recipe。
Julian Watt
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The Thai Food Bible。Nothing bad comes out of it。
Vittoria
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This is perfect but not approachable unless you live in Thailand or in a city with appropriate food markets or one of your hobbies is to go on an internet ingredients scavenger hunt and are prepared to set aside the appropriate time to tackle the recipe you long for。
Benjamin Chandler
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This is a difficult book to rate， so I will refrain from giving it stars。 For those of you who want to know immediately what I think about it， I'll say: I like it and it impresses me。Saara and I both recently agreed that Thai food is our favorite cuisine。 There's something rich in the deep combination of flavors the food imparts。 The spicy， the sweet， the sour， the umami。 I've missed Thai food a great deal while I've been over here in Slovakia—there just isn't a place to get it in my little town This is a difficult book to rate， so I will refrain from giving it stars。 For those of you who want to know immediately what I think about it， I'll say: I like it and it impresses me。Saara and I both recently agreed that Thai food is our favorite cuisine。 There's something rich in the deep combination of flavors the food imparts。 The spicy， the sweet， the sour， the umami。 I've missed Thai food a great deal while I've been over here in Slovakia—there just isn't a place to get it in my little town， and I've only mastered 2 curry dishes by myself since I came here—so I've been dreaming of getting a Thai cookbook for some time。 When I saw this one had been placed on several Best Cookbooks Ever lists， and that it included recipes of items I'd been missing （panang curry， I miss you most of all） I thought it might be what I'd been needing。 This book is like a bible， both in size and spirit。 It's gigantic and exhaustive。 Thompson delves into not just the how-tos， but the whys， the wheres， and the what's thats。 He has a small history of Thailand at the beginning， several pages of Thai cuisine theory， and an extensive （and very， very helpful） glossary of Thai ingredients。 Don't know what galangal is？ I didn't either until I found it in the glossary。 Wonder what shrimp paste is？ Turn to page 177 and wonder no more。 The author really gives excellent explanations of all the obscure ingredients—cousins of ginger， exotic basils， relishes made of fermented and dried seafood—describing their origins， flavors， and uses。 But Thompson's felicity to authenticity does make the book difficult for me to use。 Although I can find many ingredients， some of the recipes' needs include items I will never find in small-town Slovakia。 Lotus stalks？ Hog plum？ Kaffir lime leaves？ Pla grop？ Those aren't at the Koruna across the street。 I was lucky to find freeze-dried lemon grass at Lidel during their "Asian Week。" Occasionally I can find a substitute listed on line， but some of the more complicated recipes will have to go without a few ingredients， no doubt the ones that really lend the food an individual flavor。 The recipes are easy to follow as long as you have the parts， but they may take a while to execute。 The book really give me a greater appreciation for the work behind Thai cuisine。 It is significantly more labor intense than the quickly-serving restaurants I frequented in Chicago led me to believe。 Thompson lays out specific curry pastes and sour sauces for almost every dish， things that are to be ground or blended or mashed while other items are chopped， grilled， fried， and tossed。 However， even if I won't be able to make three-quarters of the recipes authentically， the book is a delight to just page through and read。 I seriously enjoy simply browsing， daydreaming menus and imagining flavors。 The book may not be practical for my current life， but it does fire my imagination and remind me of long-lost flavors I once could have had at the touch of a phone。 。。。more
Jason Lewis
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This book is great。 You'll have to go to an asian market for ingredients when you get down to cooking many of the recipes in this but when you do it is so worth the effort。 Made the Pat Thai a couple of times now and it is one of the most flavorful dishes I have ever tasted。 Green curry from scratch is amazing as well。 Love， love， love this book This book is great。 You'll have to go to an asian market for ingredients when you get down to cooking many of the recipes in this but when you do it is so worth the effort。 Made the Pat Thai a couple of times now and it is one of the most flavorful dishes I have ever tasted。 Green curry from scratch is amazing as well。 Love， love， love this book 。。。more
Riley Edwards
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If you only own one Thai cookbook， make it this one。 It's encyclopaedic in its detail - a masterwork。 The recipes range from very simple to advanced， so if you're a fan of Thai and have access to the right ingredients you're bound to find dozens of delicious things to cook。 Highly recommended。 If you only own one Thai cookbook， make it this one。 It's encyclopaedic in its detail - a masterwork。 The recipes range from very simple to advanced， so if you're a fan of Thai and have access to the right ingredients you're bound to find dozens of delicious things to cook。 Highly recommended。 。。。more
Brett
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Right on。 Lovingly compiled without the over-romanticization with which this cuisine is often smothered。 Accessible to Westerners with no previous Thai food experience。 Relatively "authentic，" sure， but not overly obscure （I've chowed on some funky business in backwoods Thailand）。 Offers history pertaining to regional cuisines。 Damn I love Thai food。 Only thing I would change: more space given to my regional favorites， complete with awful poetry。 That is， this book is solid。 Lots of info。 but st Right on。 Lovingly compiled without the over-romanticization with which this cuisine is often smothered。 Accessible to Westerners with no previous Thai food experience。 Relatively "authentic，" sure， but not overly obscure （I've chowed on some funky business in backwoods Thailand）。 Offers history pertaining to regional cuisines。 Damn I love Thai food。 Only thing I would change: more space given to my regional favorites， complete with awful poetry。 That is， this book is solid。 Lots of info。 but still concise。 ยอดเยี่ยม！ 。。。more
Soumya
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Amazing
Andrew Pask
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Thanks Chef David for this awesome book which has helped me bring Thai food alive here in my kitchen。 Not for the faint of heart。
Azem
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I will never have to buy a book about Thai cooking ever again。 This is such a huge volume with enough recipes to last a lifetime。 I love Thai food and I will never be stuck for ideas for what to have for dinner。 It's amazing！ I will never have to buy a book about Thai cooking ever again。 This is such a huge volume with enough recipes to last a lifetime。 I love Thai food and I will never be stuck for ideas for what to have for dinner。 It's amazing！ 。。。more
James
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Probably the best Thai cookbook ever 100% authentic
Terri
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5 stars， 5 stars， 5 stars！！ I adore this book。 It not only taught me to cook Thai properly， but it taught me how to do it with confidence。 Recipes from this book and recipes inspired by this book are now a major part of our weekly meals。
Georgie
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This is a cookbook that I was literally aching to get。 Guess what， never cooked anything out of it。 No pics， obscure ingredients， too fiddly to make。 I'm sure it's all very authentic but simply not very user friendly。 This is a cookbook that I was literally aching to get。 Guess what， never cooked anything out of it。 No pics， obscure ingredients， too fiddly to make。 I'm sure it's all very authentic but simply not very user friendly。 。。。more
Lou
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Best。 Thai。 Cookbook。 EVER。 nuff' said Best。 Thai。 Cookbook。 EVER。 nuff' said 。。。more
Carla
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Interesting， but uses ingedients that I would use once or twice then move to the back of the cupboard。 LOVE Thai food， but will keep searching for recipes that use items， esp veg， that aren't so exotic。 Interesting， but uses ingedients that I would use once or twice then move to the back of the cupboard。 LOVE Thai food， but will keep searching for recipes that use items， esp veg， that aren't so exotic。 。。。more
Ruzzel
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To experience true Thai flavors you need to wander the streets and alleys of Bangkok or Chiang Mai and sample the street food or eat in one of the rambling wooden restaurants where the Thais go。 You can also try Tempe thai food。This is a large and rewarding book。 We say rewarding because every sentence adds something to your understanding of Thai cuisine。 Also， the photographs by leading Australian photographer Earl Carter illustrates the importance of the visual aspects of the cuisines being pr To experience true Thai flavors you need to wander the streets and alleys of Bangkok or Chiang Mai and sample the street food or eat in one of the rambling wooden restaurants where the Thais go。 You can also try Tempe thai food。This is a large and rewarding book。 We say rewarding because every sentence adds something to your understanding of Thai cuisine。 Also， the photographs by leading Australian photographer Earl Carter illustrates the importance of the visual aspects of the cuisines being promoted。 。。。more
Melenie Reiter
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Job well done。 A bible of sorts。 I found recipes in here that I haven't even seen or smelled in YEARS。 Now， I can totally show off to mom on her next visit！ Job well done。 A bible of sorts。 I found recipes in here that I haven't even seen or smelled in YEARS。 Now， I can totally show off to mom on her next visit！ 。。。more
notgettingenough
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This is the only cookbook I've ever bought that's plain scared me。。。。find out why here:http://alittleteaalittlechat。wordpres。。。An amazon goodreads is no place for Thai food。 It has too much taste。 This is the only cookbook I've ever bought that's plain scared me。。。。find out why here:http://alittleteaalittlechat。wordpres。。。An amazon goodreads is no place for Thai food。 It has too much taste。 。。。more
Mrs。
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Best book on Thai food that I've ever come across。 Could benefit from more photos！ Best book on Thai food that I've ever come across。 Could benefit from more photos！ 。。。more
Pablo
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I never really felt the need to know how to cook thai food。 it seemed like a lot of work and it was always so quick and easy an cheap to eat out wherever i was。 That is of course until i moved to toronto where， in my three years， i've yet to eat a decent thai meal。 I'm sure there is good stuff to be had somewhere， but i've yet to find anything beyond moderately palatable。I don't remember where i found a listing about this book， but we got it from the library last summer in the attempts to satiat I never really felt the need to know how to cook thai food。 it seemed like a lot of work and it was always so quick and easy an cheap to eat out wherever i was。 That is of course until i moved to toronto where， in my three years， i've yet to eat a decent thai meal。 I'm sure there is good stuff to be had somewhere， but i've yet to find anything beyond moderately palatable。I don't remember where i found a listing about this book， but we got it from the library last summer in the attempts to satiate the never ending desire for thai food。 Admittedly， a compendium of thai cooking penned by someone named David Thompson （who i can only presume to not be thai） clothbound in hot pink left me feeling a little skeptical， but flipping through it seemed to reputable and thorough in its information。I'd really only attempted a couple variation of a penang curry， which turned out pretty magical despite adapting it to be vegetarian and leslie and had written down that recipe to use in the future。 I've a lot of ground to cover in the book， but on the whole it seems like an excellent reference for making thai food from fresh ingredients （not the standard asian market prepackaged mae ploy stuff， which i find to be pretty good， but doesn't compare to fresh galangal and lime leaves。。。）Obviously thai food is far from vegetarian， so if you're strict， or uncertain about adapting recipes to not use shrimp paste this book is going to be useless。 But i find the information about ingredients and techniques to be really insightful。 Oddly enough， we'd written down the recipe for penang curry to use after returning the book。 Last weekend when we had a craving i scribbled out a grocery list and headed to the market to pick up supplies。 It being a lazy sunday afternoon i of course got sidetracked with my usual weekend route of book/record store stops。 Magically， with a hand written recipe in my pocket， i stumble across a used copy and She Said Boom on College。 。。。more
Imogen
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The *absolute* best thai recipe book I have ever come across。 The photography is stunning， the writing is clear and then the recipes - oh， the recipes。 They take a lot of work， but followed faithfully， they are absolutely stunning。I've seen a few comments about not being able to find the ingredients。 I can sympathise， but I think the point of this book was to faithfully encapsulate Thai food， not give substitutes。 Fish sauce， palm sugar， kaffir lime leaves， birds eye chillies， coriander roots an The *absolute* best thai recipe book I have ever come across。 The photography is stunning， the writing is clear and then the recipes - oh， the recipes。 They take a lot of work， but followed faithfully， they are absolutely stunning。I've seen a few comments about not being able to find the ingredients。 I can sympathise， but I think the point of this book was to faithfully encapsulate Thai food， not give substitutes。 Fish sauce， palm sugar， kaffir lime leaves， birds eye chillies， coriander roots and shrimp paste are pretty standard。 But I have substituted ginger for galangal （only when absolutely necessary）， small， regular eggplants for pea eggplants （a different taste， I know！， slightly under-ripe mango for green mango and so on。The best advice if you want to cook from this book is find the best asian supermarket near you， and start frequenting it。 。。。more
Emily
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This is a cookbook for a lifetime。 Thompson records the traditional recipes of both the Thai palace and Thai street food。 Labour intensive at times （and thus probably why these recipes are in danger of being lost through modernisation） the recipes can be quite complicated， with long ingredients lists。 However， there are many simple recipes to follow as well， and all are guaranteed to be authentic。
Nick
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This is a beautiful cookbook featuring extremely authentic thai cooking。 By authentic， I mean that every recipe starts， "First， forage in the jungle for wild ginger and galangal。" I've learned a lot from the recipes， there are a couple I can now make fairly successfully， and some of the basic techniques and ingredient combinations have been useful。 But I don't think I've made a single recipe where I had all the ingredients on the list， or followed more than half of the instructions。 The learning This is a beautiful cookbook featuring extremely authentic thai cooking。 By authentic， I mean that every recipe starts， "First， forage in the jungle for wild ginger and galangal。" I've learned a lot from the recipes， there are a couple I can now make fairly successfully， and some of the basic techniques and ingredient combinations have been useful。 But I don't think I've made a single recipe where I had all the ingredients on the list， or followed more than half of the instructions。 The learning curve on this book is pretty ridiculous， and I wouldn't recommend it as an introduction to the cuisine。 。。。more
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