Southeast Asian Flavors


Book Description

Demystifying Southeast Asia's cuisine, this cookbook translates years of photography, culinary training, education, and resulting expertise into an adventure of recipes, stories, and practical advice on cooking. Regardless of exotic flavors, foreign ingredients, and unfamiliar techniques, the guide demonstrates how cooking remains universal and the science of food holds fast. Including more than 100 recipes, 700 photographs, and vivid anecdotes, this is the perfect book for anyone seeking to learn about the flavors of Southeast Asian cuisine or just looking for a unique, recreational read.




Chinese Food and Foodways in Southeast Asia and Beyond


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Chinese cuisine has had a deep impact on culinary traditions in Southeast Asia, where the lack of certain ingredients and access to new ingredients along with the culinary knowledge of local people led Chinese migrants to modify traditional dishes and to invent new foods. This process brought the cuisine of southern China, considered by some writers to be "the finest in the world," into contact with a wide range of local and global cuisines and ingredients. When Chinese from Southeast Asia moved on to other parts of the world, they brought these variants of Chinese food with them, completing a cycle of culinary reproduction, localization and invention, and globalization. The process does not end there, for the new context offers yet another set of ingredients and culinary traditions, and the "embedding and fusing of foods" continues, creating additional hybrid forms. Written by scholars whose deep familiarity with Chinese cuisine is both personal and academic, Chinese Food and Foodways in Southeast Asia and Beyond is a book that anyone who has been fortunate enough to encounter Southeast Asian food will savour, and it provides a window on this world for those who have yet to discover it.




Ricelands


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"Pad thai, pho soup, mohinga: the cuisines of Southeast Asia, are now among the most consumed dishes in the world, with ardent enthusiasts far beyond their native lands. Award-winning photographer and writer Michael Freeman offers here a guide to the cuisines of eight South-east Asian countries and provides a compelling history of their food cultures, which are all based on the staple dish of rice." "Ricelands takes the reader on a colourful and engaging tour of the richly layered cultures surrounding the various food traditions. Travelling across the landscapes of Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines, Freeman explores the origins of their respective cuisines, the defining characteristics of authentic dishes and their evolution as they entered new lands."--BOOK JACKET.




At the South-East Asian Table


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Food as a daily meal or as a religious offering is fundamental to the cultures of South-East Asia and is a source of utmost enjoyment to its people. Methods of preparing tasty and economical meals are often discussed with passion, and sacrifices to gods and spirits are invariably conducted with great rejoicing. This book explores the multifaceted aspects of food in South-East Asia. Beginning with a historical and sociological survey of South-East Asian food and eating habits, it goes on to discuss the ingredients and spices used in the region, the character of the food markets, the changing styles of the kitchens, and the different styles of cooking and eating from the past to the present. A final chapter examines common South-East Asian sayings based on the food and culinary habits of the region.




Vatch's Southeast Asian Cookbook


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The Thai chef recounts his "cook's" tour of Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, and Malaysia in a series of observations that includes recipes as well as his personal insights into each country's way of life




Inside the Southeast Asian Kitchen


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Foodlore and Flavors - Inside the Southeast Asian Kitchen takes you on a truly sumptuous gastronomic tour of ten countries in Southeast Asia. With essays and contributions from 14 international culinary experts from the countries of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, this is the first ever publication to focus exclusively on the cuisines of all ten member nations which make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), while delving into the cultural significance of the region's culinary folklore and traditions. Through this book, explore the true heart of the Southeast Asian kitchen - the deep-rooted ties between food preparation and the partaking of the meal with feelings of family, village and community. With a clear and highly visual approach, Foodlore and Flavors - Inside the Southeast Asian Kitchen will serve as a key resource for not only authentic Southeast Asian recipes but also an understanding of the cultural role that food plays in this part of Asia.




South East Asian Food


Book Description

A second edition of a title in the PENGUIN COOKERY LIBRARY series on South East Asian food which includes a range of dishes both classic and modern from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Previously published in Australia.




Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill


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60 vibrant recipes proving that Asian roadside barbecue is just as easy, delicious, and crowd-pleasing as American-style backyard grilling. Sharing beloved barbecue dishes from the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia, experienced author and expert on Asian cooking Leela Punyaratabandhu inspires readers with a deep dive into the flavor profile and spices of the region. She teaches you how to set up your own smoker, cook over an open flame, or grill on the equipment you already have in your backyard. Leela provides more than sixty mouthwatering recipes such as Chicken Satay with Coriander and Cinnamon, Malaysian Grilled Chicken Wings, and Thai Grilled Sticky Rice, as well as recipes for cooking bone-in meats, skewered meats, and even vegetable side dishes and flavorful sauces. The fact that Southeast Asian-style barbecue naturally lends itself to the American outdoor cooking style means that the recipes in the book can remain true to tradition without any need for them to be Westernized or altered at the expense of integrity. This is the perfect book for anyone looking for an easy and flavorful way to expand their barbecue repertoire.




Southeast Asian Specialties


Book Description

"A culinary journey through Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia."--Dust jacket.




Food, Faith and Gender in South Asia


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How do women express individual agency when engaging in seemingly prescribed or approved practices such as religious fasting? How are sectarian identities played out in the performance of food piety? What do food practices tell us about how women negotiate changes in family relationships? This collection offers a variety of distinct perspectives on these questions. Organized thematically, areas explored include the subordination of women, the nature of resistance, boundary making and the construction of identity and community. Methodologically, the essays use imaginative reconstructions of women's experiences, particularly where the only accounts available are written by men. The essays focus on Hindus and Muslims in South Asia, Sri Lankan Buddhist women and South Asians in the diaspora in the US and UK. Pioneering new research into food and gender roles in South Asia, this will be of use to students of food studies, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies.