Product Description

From roadside to restaurant, Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass presents a mouthwatering culinary tour of Southeast Asia’s most scrumptious food. Enjoy an abundance of different dishes from Southeast Asia’s rich and varied cuisine, such as Singapore’s fascinating cosmopolitan offerings, Thailand’s sinfully spicy dishes or Vietnam’s refreshingly healthy recipes.
Featuring expertly-written text recipes from Wendy Hutton, one of the stars of Asian cuisine, Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass will help you whip up an Asian festival
of food in your very own kitchen!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #619447 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

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About the Author
Wendy Hutton, a New Zealander by birth, went to Southeast Asia in 1967 and has worked in the region ever since, specializing in writing on travel and food.

Masano Kawana is the photographer of New Asian Style, Tropical Asian Cooking and Shunju: New Japanese Cuisine. He was the recipient of the 2004 James Beard Award for Best Food Photography.

Customer Reviews

Reliable and handsome
Ms. Hutton offers reliable, clear recipes in a beautiful book, with clear advice as to ingredients, combinations, and cooking techniques. Lush photographs make everything look scrumptious. Good design keeps one recipe together on one page. I have had very good results with the three recipes I have tried. I bought the hardback because I expect to be using this book often, and appreciate the author's identification of recipes that require extra time and effort--a whole chapter. Another approach I appreciate is a good use of English that is not too British, not too American--but comprehensible to both, I hope. I am an American cook but sometimes use metric measures and having both is helpful.

Fantastic book!
Not only is this book beautiful to look at, the recipes produce the most delicious (and authentic tasting) food. The simple recipes are easy enough even for people who aren't that confident in the kitchen (like my spouse); the fancier ones are perfect for dinner parties. Highly recommended!

Access to a well-stocked Asian grocery will be required
Access to a well-stocked Asian grocery will be required for successful appreciation of GREEN MANGOES AND LEMON GRASS; but readers with such access will find this a fine introduction to the range of Southeast Asia's dishes, from Thailand's spicy cuisine to the French influences of Vietnamese dishes. Enjoy a Mimosa Rice from Vietnam spiced with coconut milk, fish sauce, Chinese sausages and onions; or a Spicy Minced Beef from Laos with lime juice and lemon grass. Beautiful color photos abound.