Thailand: The Cookbook - Hardcover

Gabriel, Jean-Pierre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071486529X ISBN 13: 9780714865294

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2014

Synopsis

The definitive guide to Thai cuisine, with 500 authentic recipes from every region brought together in one comprehensive and beautifully produced volume.

Author and photographer Jean‐Pierre Gabriel traveled throughout Thailand for years to research the unique flavors and culinary history that make up the country’s food culture. Here, he presents an array of dishes ranging from street vendor snacks to home‐cooked meals to restaurant tasting menus and everything in between. Learn to recreate classics such as Massaman Curry and Green Papaya Salad using authentic methods, or discover a new favorite, such as a Dragon Fruit Frappe. Recipes include advice on essential techniques, while a glossary helps introduce home cooks to less familiar ingredients. Gabriel’s breathtaking images of the natural landscape, people, and food bring to life the history behind this storied cuisine.

About this title

About the Author:

Jean‐Pierre Gabriel, photographer and food writer, has spent over three years visiting every region of Thailand to collate and photograph this unique collection of recipes from authentic Thai cooks. During his travels Jean‐Pierre visited Thai homes, markets and restaurants to sample delicacies that vary from simple street food to elaborate palace cuisine and bring them together in this unique volume.

Review:

"The ultimate encyclopedia of Thai cuisine." – Smithsonian.com

"Jean‐Pierre Gabriel’s beautiful and ambitious Thailand: The Cookbook extracts 500 recipes from the country’s most seasoned home cooks. Your coffee table will thank you." – Bon Appetit

"Sponsored by the Royal Thai Government, Thailand: The Cookbook is filled with more than 500 easy‐to‐follow recipes and color photographs – and as long as you own a steamer and a wok, you can recreate Gabriel’s journey at home." – CoolHunting

"Gabriel’s luscious photos capture the beauty of Thailand’s people, food, and landscape and rounds out this stellar compilation. Armchair travelers and cooks at all levels will welcome this remarkable book. . . a beautiful collection." – Publishers Weekly

"French author and photographer Jean‐Pierre Gabriel traveled in Thailand for three years to produce Phaidon’s latest masterpiece, Thailand: The Cookbook. From street food to home cooking, it’s a celebration of what makes Thai food culture truly special." – Tasting Table

". . . stunning, extraordinarily comprehensive" – Relish

"An unrivaled culinary record" – Conde Nast Traveller

"Phaidon specializes in brick‐like cookbooks telling you all you want to know about a given cuisine. Here Thailand gets the don’t‐drop‐it‐on‐your‐toe treatment with more than 500 recipes gathered from home cooks, markets, street food stalls and restaurants, designed to illustrate contemporary Thai cooking. Good points include the brevity and simplicity of many of the recipes. Who knew it was so stress‐free to make stir‐fried beef with broccoli in oyster sauce?" – The Telegraph (UK), Cookbook of the Week

"Phaidon’s Thailand: The Cookbook is a trove of regionally specific Thai delicacies. With trusty tour guides in tow, author Jean‐Pierre Gabriel treks all over the elephant‐shaped region’s forests and rice paddies to bring back savory recipes bursting with peanuts, dried shrimp, bird’s eye chiles, grated coconut flesh, tamarind puree and palm sugar." – Trendland

". . . massive and stunning – well worthy of any coffee table or display." – Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 071486529X
• ISBN 13: 9780714865294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528