Book Description
Now busy home cooks can bring the fantastic flavors of Thai cuisine into the kitchen with a simple trip to the grocery store. Nancie McDermott, experienced cook, teacher, and author of the best-selling cookbook Real Thai, presents this collection of 70 delicious recipes that focus on easy-to-find ingredients and quick cooking methods to whip up traditional Thai. With recipes like Crying Tiger Grilled Beef, Grilled Shrimp and Scallops with Lemongrass, Sticky Rice with Mangoes, and Thai Iced Tea, along with McDermott's highly practical array of shortcuts, substitutions, and timesaving techniques, anyone can prepare home-cooked authentic Thai meals -- as often as they like.


About the Author
Nancie McDermott is a food writer and cooking teacher specializing in the cuisines of Southeast Asia. She came to know the food and culture of Thailand during the three years she spent living in the Thai countryside as a Peace Corps volunteer. Her stories and recipes have appeared in numerous national magazines. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Alison Miksch's photographs have appeared in Better Homes and Gardens, Country Home, and Redbook, and can also be seen in Luscious Lemon Desserts (0-8118-2893-X). She lives in an 18th-century farmhouse in Pennsylvania.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Now busy home cooks can bring the fantastic flavors of Thai cuisine into the kitchen with a simple trip to the grocery store. Nancie McDermott, experienced cook, teacher, and author of the best-selling cookbook Real Thai, presents this collection of 70 delicious recipes that focus on easy-to-find ingredients and quick cooking methods to whip up traditional Thai. With recipes like Crying Tiger Grilled Beef, Grilled Shrimp and Scallops with Lemongrass, Sticky Rice with Mangoes, and Thai Iced Tea, along with McDermott's highly practical array of shortcuts, substitutions, and timesaving techniques, anyone can prepare home-cooked authentic Thai meals — as often as they like.