Cracking the Coconut: Classic Thai Home Cooking

Yu, Su-mei

ISBN 10: 0688165427 / ISBN 13: 9780688165420

Published by William Morrow Cookbooks, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cracking the Coconut: Classic Thai Home Cooking
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688165427
• ISBN 13: 9780688165420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

An authentic guide to Thai cuisine provides readers with all the basic knowledge necessary to create great Thai meals, as well as more than 175 recipes for dishes representing the best in Thai cookery.

About the Author

Su-Mei Yu is chef-owner of the acclaimed Saffron restaurant in San Diego, California. Born of Chinese parents in Thailand, at the age of five she was enrolled in an exclusive boarding school founded by the Royal Court of Thailand. At age fifteen, Yu came to an American mission boarding school in Kentucky. After graduation, she received a master's degree in social welfare. After twelve years as a social worker, she joined the graduate school of social work at San Diego State University as an assistant professor. In 1985 Yu opened the first Thai restaurant in San Diego.