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Archive for the ‘Cookbooks’ Category

May 22nd, 2006

Sri Lankan Cuisine

For some reason this morning I woke up craving Sri Lankan food. I don’t know much about it, other than the memory of a few dishes lovingly prepared for us by the Sri Lankan caretaker at the Italian agriturismo place we stayed at a few years ago. Amitha was always gracious and ever-helpful, […]

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May 22nd, 2006

Naam Pruitt / Lemongrass and Limes / New Thai Cookbook

Thai food lovers, there’s a new cookbook out you might want to see. This one is by Independence, KS resident Naam Pruitt who’s originally from Thailand. If you’d like to catch one of Naam’s classes, she teaches at the Amore Cooking Center in Joplin, MO and at the Culinary Center of Kansas City […]

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April 26th, 2006

Harumi, “Japan’s Martha Stewart” Comes A-Visiting

Harumi Kurihara, author of Harumi’s Japanese Cooking, is currently
in New York promoting her book. I’ve been waiting to get it, eager to compare with Elizabeth Andoh’s Washoku. Ms. Kurihara is a native of Japan, while Ms. Andoh is an American who has lived in Japan for many years and has married into a […]

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August 3rd, 2005

Asian Cookbook Review: Hot Sour Salty Sweet by Alford and Duguid

Hot Sour Salty Sweet is one of my favorite Asian cookbooks ever written. I bought this when it came out in 2000, having seen Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid’s recipes in Julia Child’s books (I’ve been a major Julia Child fan for half of my life!). I thought I’d review the book for […]

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June 1st, 2005

The Elephant Walk Cookbook

The past couple of weeks I’ve been featuring recipes based on/inspired by/taken from The Elephant Walk Cookbook, written by Longteine de Monteiro and Katherine Neustadt. De Monteiro is the founder of The Elephant Walk restaurant in Boston, Massachussetts. For more information on the restaurant, its history and offerings, you can visit The Elephant […]

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