vsoy
Jul 1st, 2006, 06:54 PM
Wei Chuan cookbooks are some of my favorites, very down to earth, homestyle cooking.
http://www.geocities.com/weichuancookbook/
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Madhur Jaffrey's "Invitation to Indian Cooking" is the only Indian cookbook I have but I like some of her recipes. Her narration reminds me of sitting the kitchen of my childhood friend who was Indian. I also like how she is mindful of how difficult it can be in some places to get certain ingredients so many recipes don't require a lot of hard-to-find ingredients.
http://tinyurl.com/hmxao
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394711912.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
"China:The Beautiful Cookbook" has some really beautiful pics in it. I have a mental block trying the recipes in that book, part of it is that the book is so damn big. Some of the recipes I don't think I'd ever try because it calls for some ingredients that are hard to find. But it's a good resource if you ever felt inclined to make something really nice. I really need to go through that book more often because it does have some quality recipes.
http://tinyurl.com/kbu39
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0002159996.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Charmaine Solomon's "The Complete Asian Cookbook" is my least favorite cookbook. She uses a very strange romanization of dish names. Unless you read the recipe, you don't realize it's something you know because the recipe name is so jacked up. The index is a fucking nightmare. I haven't used too many recipes from this book because it pisses me off. And I get a slight feeling that she is omitting some details in the instructions. I really should look through it when I'm buzzed and less likely to get pissed off. It does have chapters on many cuisines that usually did not have their own cookbooks at the time it was first published like Malaysian, Sri Lankan, Cambodia, etc
http://tinyurl.com/jy4po
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0804837570.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/weichuancookbook/
http://www.geocities.com/weichuancookbook/cookbooks/Pictures/CookingMadeEasyCover.jpeghttp://www.geocities.com/weichuancookbook/cookbooks/Pictures/Vietnamese.jpeg
Madhur Jaffrey's "Invitation to Indian Cooking" is the only Indian cookbook I have but I like some of her recipes. Her narration reminds me of sitting the kitchen of my childhood friend who was Indian. I also like how she is mindful of how difficult it can be in some places to get certain ingredients so many recipes don't require a lot of hard-to-find ingredients.
http://tinyurl.com/hmxao
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394711912.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
"China:The Beautiful Cookbook" has some really beautiful pics in it. I have a mental block trying the recipes in that book, part of it is that the book is so damn big. Some of the recipes I don't think I'd ever try because it calls for some ingredients that are hard to find. But it's a good resource if you ever felt inclined to make something really nice. I really need to go through that book more often because it does have some quality recipes.
http://tinyurl.com/kbu39
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0002159996.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Charmaine Solomon's "The Complete Asian Cookbook" is my least favorite cookbook. She uses a very strange romanization of dish names. Unless you read the recipe, you don't realize it's something you know because the recipe name is so jacked up. The index is a fucking nightmare. I haven't used too many recipes from this book because it pisses me off. And I get a slight feeling that she is omitting some details in the instructions. I really should look through it when I'm buzzed and less likely to get pissed off. It does have chapters on many cuisines that usually did not have their own cookbooks at the time it was first published like Malaysian, Sri Lankan, Cambodia, etc
http://tinyurl.com/jy4po
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0804837570.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg