Product DescriptionNow busy home cooks can bring the fantastic flavors of Thai cuisine into the kitchen with a simple trip to the grocery store. Nancie McDermott, experienced cook, teacher, and author of the best-selling cookbook Real Thai, presents this collection of 70 delicious recipes that focus on easy-to-find ingredients and quick cooking methods to whip up traditional Thai. With recipes like Crying Tiger Grilled Beef, Grilled Shrimp and Scallops with Lemongrass, Sticky Rice with Mangoes, and Thai Iced Tea, along with McDermott's highly practical array of shortcuts, substitutions, and timesaving techniques, anyone can prepare home-cooked authentic Thai meals -- as often as they like.
What Others Say
Easy to make recipes with restaurant quality results
I've long been a Thai food fan, but kept it to the realm of takeaway until I got this cookbook. I'm usually wary of books with words like 'quick' or 'easy' in the title as they seem to be synonymous with poor quality, or recipes that contain artificial ingredients. But I got this cookbook after seeing all of the positive reviews and have been delighted with the results.
I've made probably half of the recipes in this cookbook, and really appreciate how the author has simplified the recipes without sacrificing flavor. For example, she will often list a necessary ingredient (Thai holy basil) but recommend a substitute (regular Italian basil) for when you can't get real Asian ingredients. I've also found that I can now avoid the local ... Read More
Not an ordinary cookbook
I am so impressed with this cookbook. My husband and I love Thai food, so we decided to try cooking it at home. I gave a library copy of the book a trial run - I kept it for two months, loved it, and finally decided I had better just buy it. Normally, you are doing well to get a few recipes out of a cookbook. This one is the exception. Every recipe is wonderful. Thai food now appears weekly on our table.
Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes
You really get what the title of the book says - Quick and easy Thai. It actually could be named - quick, easy and tasty Thai. I highly recommend Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes to everybody who doesn't like spending too much time in the kitchen but still wants to surprise his/her guests with a delicious meal.
Quick & Easy is just the beginning of it!
I LOVE Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes! I've only had it about 2 weeks and I've made several of the recipes. I consider myself to be an experienced amateur cook. Some of the foreign food books I've purchased get a little tricky at some points or make some parts of the recipes hard to understand. Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes is simple, easy to understand & not too "wordy". Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm dying to make some more "Yum Woon Sen"
Fun book
Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes has been a great introduction to Thai cooking for me. One word of warning: though the title says "quick and easy," the recipes are not usually quick and easy at the same time. The ones I've done so far have been easy, but not quick. I'm sure that there are others that are quick, though. Or maybe I'm just slow. :)
