"Crying Tiger: Thai Recipes from the Heart" features over 100 easy-to-prepare Thai recipes, many with photos, as well as an illustrated guide to ingredients and equipment used in Thai cooking. The recipe for the dish "Crying Tiger", a Northeast Thai favorite, is included along with a special section on Thai cooking for kids.
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Customer Rating: Summary: An introduction to creating high-quality Thai food Comment: Written by a professional Thai cooking instructor and former owner of an Asian grocery, Crying Tiger: Thai Recipes From The Heart is a Thai cuisine cookbook written especially for those who may or may not be familiar with the basics, ingredients, and preparation techniques of Thai cuisine. A wealth of black-and-white photographs illustrate the basic directions. An introductory section features illustrations, descriptions, and recommendations of where to find ingredients unusual to western cooking, from plantain bananas to dried silver bean thread noodles (and many other types of noodles) to green papayas, thai eggplant, palm & coconut sugar, and much more. A superb, user-friendly introduction to creating high-quality Thai food.