Vatch’s Thai Street Food by Vatcharin Bhumichitr – review
Vatch’s Thai Street Food is a lovely large-format volume with brilliant food and travelogue photography by Martin Brigdale and Somachi Phongphaisarnkit. Vatch is in fact...
Momofuku by David Chang and Peter Meehan – review
This is a chunky, classy tome from Absolute Press (I hope they work the same magic with my book next year!). Its photography is stunning,...
Quick and Easy Korean Cooking by Celia Hae-Jin Lee – review
Korean food has a place in America’s restaurant and recipe book pantheon but it’s a newcomer on the European food scene. There are more and...
Easy Japanese Cooking – Appetizer Rex by Kentaro Kobayashi – review
The author, Kentaro Kobayashi, is a young man with both talent and passion. He started his working life as an illustrator but soon displayed his...
Asian Flavours – Kitchen Classics by Jane Price – review
This is another amazing book from Murdoch. This publisher continues to amaze me with great cookbooks at unbeatable prices. Each recipe is triple-tested in the...
Veggie Haven – Easy Japanese Cooking by Kentaro Kobayashi – review
All you regular readers will know how I have waxed lyrical about other books by Kentaro Kobyashi and this one will be no exception. Veggie...
Donburi Mania – Easy Japanese Cooking by Kentaro Kobayashi – review
I love Japanese food but seldom have I been offered anything other than tempura and sushi. Now, don’t get me wrong, I could eat both...
Indonesian Food by Sri Owen – review
Indonesian Food is a fascinating autobiographical cookbook which starts in 1939 when Sri Owen was a small girl. She has memories of food at her...
Taman Gang, Park Lane – restaurant review
Much was promised for this evening. SNOW. Our destination was at the Marble Arch end of Park Lane, a snowball’s throw from the bustle of...
The Chopsticks Diet by Kimiko Barber – review
I guess that just the word “diet” will have half of my dear readers turning the page (if they were able to do such a...
Thailand – A World of Flavours by Christine Watson – review
The author of Thailand – A World of Flavours is Christine Watson. The name doesn’t sound very Thai or even Asian but, in fact, Christine...
Thai Street Food by David Thompson – review
Street food is comfort. We in the UK might be drawn to the smell of fried onions wafting from a burger cart outside the local...
Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen – review
A very apt title, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen. The author, Andrea Nguyen, invites the reader into a kitchen that is both personal and representative of...
Koto – A culinary journey through Vietnam by Tracey Lister – review
A culinary journey through Vietnam So, what does Koto mean? Is it Vietnamese for Brussels sprouts? No, it stands for Know One, to Teach One....
The Eastern and Oriental Cookbook by Will Ricker – review
The Eastern and Oriental Cookbook: nice name for a cookbook. It has an almost old-fashioned ring to it. Hints of The Orient Express, perhaps the...
Travels with Thai Food by Helen Brierty – review
It all sounds rather mystical. A journey with Spirit House conjures visions of idyllic retreats for the world-weary, guiding a path to something enlightening and...
Noodles Every Day by Corinne Trang – review
To the untutored this might seem an uninspiring proposition, but it’s perfectly possible to eat noodles every day and perhaps even several times a day...
Scent of the Monsoon Winds by Michal Haines – review
Just the title evokes visions of hot steamy nights with the exotic (and for me exciting) aroma of damp vegetation and soil. The atmosphere that...
The Complete Asian Cookbook by Charmaine Solomon – review
I first came across Charmaine Solomon in the 1970’s. My first recipe book was Charmaine’s Chinese Cookbook and I am still using it today (well,...
The Real Taste of Indonesia – cookbook review
Granted, this isn’t a cuisine that the majority of the British public will be familiar with but this should, on analysis, be one of the...