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Recipe: Thai Spicy Green Beans (Pad Ped Tou Kag)

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Recipe for Spicy Green Beans (Pad Ped Tou Kag) from Easy Thai Cookbook

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you’re looking for an introductory cookbook to Thai cuisine, check out Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris published by Watkins and Nourish. Split into three sections, the book provides an introduction to key ingredients, equipment and cooking methods, 70 recipes with colour photographs, and twelve suggested menus for how to put the ... Read more »

Recipe: Chiang Mai Curried Noodle Soup with Chicken (Khao Soi Gai)

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Recipe for Chiang Mai Curried Noodle Soup with Chicken (Khao Soi Gai)

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you’re looking for an introductory cookbook to Thai cuisine, check out Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris published by Watkins and Nourish. Split into three sections, the book provides an introduction to key ingredients, equipment and cooking methods, 70 recipes with colour photographs, and twelve suggested menus for how to put the ... Read more »

Recipe: Thai Red Curry Paste (Krueng Gaeng Phed)

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Chiang Mai Curried Noodle Soup with Chicken (Khao Soi Gai) - A review of cookery book Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you’re looking for an introductory cookbook to Thai cuisine, check out Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris published by Watkins and Nourish. Split into three sections, the book provides an introduction to key ingredients, equipment and cooking methods, 70 recipes with colour photographs, and twelve suggested menus for how to put the ... Read more »

Giveaway: Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Read my review of Easy Thai Cookbook published Watkins and Nourish, and available on Amazon. Enter our giveaway below to win your own copy! GIVEAWAY We have three copies of Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris to giveaway to readers of Kavey Eats. The prizes include delivery to a UK address. HOW TO ENTER You ... Read more »

Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris

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Cookery book jacket image for Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. After a fantastic three week trip to Thailand earlier this year, during which we ate incredibly well, enjoying street food and dining in cafes and restaurants, Pete and I have been really keen to cook more Thai food at home. When I heard about Easy Thai Cookbook by Sallie Morris, released in July, ... Read more »

Okinawan-Style Sesame Donuts | サーターアンダギー

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Okinawan-style Sesame Donuts from Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

If you want to get to the heart of Japanese home cooking, you will appreciate Phaidon’s most recent Country Cookbook, Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu. This hefty collection of over 400 recipes showcases the breadth of Japanese home-cooking today, and is a great reference book for any cook keen on the cuisine. Read my ... Read more »

Asparagus with Sesame-Vinegar Dressing | アスパラの胡麻酢和え

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Asparagus with Sesame-Vinegar Dressing from Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

If you want to get to the heart of Japanese home cooking, you will appreciate Phaidon’s most recent Country Cookbook, Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu. This hefty collection of over 400 recipes showcases the breadth of Japanese home-cooking today, and is a great reference book for any cook keen on the cuisine. Read my ... Read more »

Stir-Fried Japanese Leeks with Miso | ねぎの味噌炒め

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Stir-Fried Japanese Leeks with Miso from Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

If you want to get to the heart of Japanese home cooking, you will surely appreciate Phaidon’s most recent Country Cookbook, Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu. This hefty collection of over 400 recipes showcases the breadth of Japanese home-cooking today, and is a great reference book for any cook keen on the cuisine. Read ... Read more »

Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

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Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu. Phaidon's country-specific cookery tomes showcase the breadth of recipes cooked in a given country, a snapshot in time of the cuisine. In Japan: The Cookbook, Nancy Singleton Hachisu, shares over 400 recipes for traditional, authentic Japanese home cooking.

Phaidon is well known for their hefty country-specific cookery tomes which aim to showcase the breadth of recipes cooked in each country, a snapshot in time of the cuisine. Phaidon’s The Cookbook series includes America, China, France, Greece, Italy, India, Lebanon, Mexico, the Nordic region, Peru, Spain and Thailand, plus the most recent one on ... Read more »

Lasagne with Sausage Meatballs | Nadine Redzepi’s Twist on a Classic

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Last year, I was sent a review copy of Nadine Redzepi’s cookbook, Downtime: Deliciousness At Home. Whilst husband René is wowing the world with creations for his restaurant Noma in Copenhagen, his wife Nadine is the main cook at home, and over the years, she has collated a collection of recipes that are perfect for home ... Read more »