Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey: 150 New Recipes Evoking the Flavours of the Far East
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Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey: 150 New Recipes Evoking the Flavours of the Far East

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Price
$40.90
Format
Hardcover
Pages
320
Publisher
BBC Physical Audio
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1846077166
Dimensions
7.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight
2.61 pounds

Description

Rick Stein is a chef, restaurateur, television host, and author. His other titles include Rick Stein's French Odyssey and Rick Stein's Seafood , which won the coveted James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year Award.

Features & Highlights

  • Rick has visited traditional family-run restaurants, street vendors, floating markets, night markets, fishing villages, and the local cinnamon and rice farmers to learn about the authentic food of the Far East, and to sample the delicious spectrum of flavors In Vietnam, Rick Stein tracks down the best recipe for pho, a searing soup of vegetables, shrimp, chilli and fresh mint; in Cambodia he makes kroeung, a kind of aromatic curry; and he samples jhol, a light fish stew, in Bangladesh. Traveling on through Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia, he enjoys (and shows readers how to make) an array of inspired dishes. More than 150 new recipes, divided by country, are each complemented by Rick's colorful travel anecdotes and stunning location photography. From Thailand, he offers Oyster Omelettes and Green Papaya Salad. Malaysian dishes include Malaysian Fruit Salad with Tamarind, Chili, and Palm Sugar Dressing. Sri Lankan recipes include Potato Mustard Curry and White Pumpkin Curry. This lavish and unique collection evokes the magic of bustling markets, exotic locations, and exciting flavors.

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Rick Stein fan

I love this new addition to my Rick Stein collection, it's crammed with delicious recipes and very tempting photographs. Rick has a great patter and will keep you entertained with his snippets from his travels and adventures. I found that some of the ingredients are a little awkward to source, I just have to travel into Atlanta. Many of these recipes are healthy so you can't go wrong with this purchase. Rick is very popular in my homeland and I'm hoping to purchase the DVD from this eastern series which I missed in the UK. I purchased my copy from amazon.co.uk, with a couple of other books ordered the overseas shipping costs and cheaper UK book price worked out better.
7 people found this helpful
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Far Eastern...Far out!

This cookbook was recommended to me by my brother, who, having spent a fair bit of time in Thailand was amazed to find a green chicken curry that actually tasted like a genuine Thai offering.

Stein has Anglicised the recipes, not to alter the flavour, but to use ingredients that can be found easily in the west, by visiting your local asian food store. But do not fear, the taste remains true to the original. You won't find any recipes that tell you to buy a curry paste and use two tablespoons. The recipe for all the pastes are found in the back of the book. The best thing about that, is that I can adjust the amount of heat to suit.

I've just loaned it to a friend, who is equally impressed, and now ordering her copy.

It also cost half as much here as it does off the shelf in Australia.
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Great companion book to the TV series but better

Great companion book to the TV series but better, a wonderful stand alone cookbook as well. I recommend it!
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rick stein book

love anything rick stein, a great read and wonderful recipes
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Five Stars

Many great recipes
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Asia and its people and food - an adventure to not miss.

Another great cook book - simple, great travels in Asia and informative beyond just cuisine.
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Interesting to read

As I love this type of books and especially after having seen the series on TV, I can't stop cooking the recipes, although here in Majorca where I live it is not so easy to find all the ingredients, but I am doing fine. At least I get most of the fish and the seafood!

Marlis Foster

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