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Summary: Good book.
Review: I wanted to start cooking healthier and I like Chinese, Japanese, and Thai food, so I bought this book. I'm a bachelor who knows how to cook just a few things, such as hot cereal, meatloaf, etc. I also bought a good chefs knife and some good pots and pans as well as this book and they do make a difference.
After reading the intro two chapters on ingredients and items needed to cook I went to my local asian grocer and bought a few sauces, a morter & pestle, and then went to my regular grocery store to buy some spices, rice, and veggies. That night I cooked up 3 dishes: steamed jasmine rice (in an old Black & Decker steamer someone gave me for Xmas years ago), Pepper Marinated Salmon (had some salmon in the freezer from fishing but didn't know what to do with it), and Sauteed fresh spinach with carmelized onions (and fish sauce). Aside from overuse of the salty fish sauce on the veggies (my mistake) the meal was EXCELLENT. And that's just one day after buying the cookbook.
The one thing I wish was that there were more easy noodle recipes. I'd trade the supplied Asian BBQ chapter for more noodle recipes and info if it was up to me.
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Summary: Quick and easy asian meals are delicious
Review: If you lived in NY about 10 years ago and spent time in the West Village, you probably ate at Marnie's Noodle Shop and loved it, watching them cook simple, brightly flavored noodle dishes behind the small counter, and then, best of all, eating the yummy noodles.Now I know these dishes are even easier to recreate at home than I suspected. Using a minimal ingredients for maximum flavor, you'll be amazed at how easy and yummy these recipes are. After the first meal I cooked from the book, Korean Beef Noodles, my husband started jotting down a business plan for opening a noodle shop. A great Sesame Noodle recipe is included, along with soups, salads, appetizers, and entrees like Chinese Red Cooked Beef Stew and Salmon with Tomato and Garam Masala, Thank you, Marnie!!!!
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