Essentials of Asian Cuisine

Taking readers on a journey of culinary discovery, Corinne Trang explains how Chinese cuisine is the root of all Asian cooking. In Essentials of Asian Cuisine, she brings together more than 250 traditional and cutting-edge recipes for condiments, appetizers, main courses, drinks, and sweets from China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia, ranging from Japanese Ponzu Sauce to Chinese Scallion Pancakes, Indonesian Spicy crab Fried Rice, Thai coffee, and Filipino Banana and Jackfruit Spring Rolls. Trang illuminates the mysteries of Asian cooking with techniques that incorporate the five sense and the Chinese philosophy of balanced opposites (yin yang). Using Asian ingredients now common found in supermarkets and through mail order; including fish sauce, lemon grass, and rice noodles, home cooks can easily prepare enticing, healthy, sensual meals using the aromatic herbs and spices that make Asian cuisine so vibrant and colorful. A comprehensive glossary of Asian ingredients, suggestions for seasonal menus, resources for special ingredients and equipment, and a special section on feng shui and food for health, this unique cookbook will turn any meal into a palate-opening celebration of exotic culinary delights.