Seductions of Rice: A Cookbook

Alford, Jeffrey; Duguid, Naomi

ISBN 10: 1579651135 / ISBN 13: 9781579651138

Published by Artisan, 1999

Seller Inventory # 1579651135-3-27625314

Synopsis:

With a depth of passion and experience, and an ability to embrace and convey richness of place and taste, the authors of the groundbreaking Flatbreads and Flavors and the later award-winning Hot Sour Salty Sweet embarked on a far-reaching excursion to find the world's most essential and satisfying food. Along the way, they experienced firsthand dozens of varieties of rice, offering unimaginable subtleties of taste, as well as a staggering array of foods to accompany them, all providing a simple way to get flavor and variety on the table.

Seductions of Rice is the glorious result: two hundred easy-to-prepare dishes from the world's great rice cuisines, illuminated by stories, insights, and more than two hundred photographs of people, places, and wonderful food. Cherished dishes--Chinese stir-frys, Spanish paellas, Japanese sushi, Indian thorans, Thai salads, Turkish pilafs, Italian risottos--are shared not just as recipes, but as time-honored traditions.

Seductions of Rice will change the way we eat, the way we prepare and appreciate our food. It's as easy as putting a pot of rice on to cook!

About the Author: To write Seductions of Rice, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, award-winning authors of Flatbreads and Flavors, traveled with their two sons, Dominic and Tashi, to the major rice-eating regions of the world, where they immersed themselves in the daily lives and rituals of the people around them. Whether in a tiny village in Thailand, on a rice farm in the mountains of Japan, or in the heart of sprawling Calcutta, they plunked themselves down next to people who know rice as a way of life. They spent time in early-morning markets, in paddies with village farmers, and in kitchens with helpful neighbors, trying to understand the seductions of rice.

Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid's first book, Flatbreads and Flavors: A Baker's Atlas, was the 1995 James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the year and the IACP Julia Child award winner for best first book. Thier articles and photographs appear frequently in Eating Well, Food and Wine, and Gourmet magazines. Asia Access, their stock photographic agency, is based in Toronto, where they live with their two sons. At least six months a year, the family travels, photographing and doing research for their many projects.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Seductions of Rice: A Cookbook
Publisher: Artisan
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good