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Title: Cracking the Coconut: Classic Thai Home Cooking by Su-Mei Yu ISBN: 0-688-16542-7 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Truly More Than Just a Thai Cookbook!!!
Comment: "Cracking The Coconut" is much, much more than a Thai cookbook. Within the pages of this book, the reader will learn Thai history and food history. The author, Su-Mei Yu, puts her heart and soul into every chapter of this book. Truly a work of love reflecting her heritage, her family, and her love of life and good food. The recipes in the book give the amateur Thai cook plenty of easy choices. The more experienced Thai cook will find even more challenging dishes to prepare. Enjoying a meal at either of the Saffon restaurants is always a new and exciting experience. Now everyone can enjoy these delicious dishes at home. Few cookbooks can offer this much pleasure to the reader.
Rating: 4
Summary: Delicious food but time consuming
Comment: Su-Mei Yu's book is tasty and yet informative. Not knowing a lot about Thai culture, I found the chapters breaking down the origins of the food to be most interesting. In one instance she gives a synopsis of how important the coconut is to the Thais but also explains how to prepare the coconut so you will be able to prepare the food authentic Thai-style. The instructions on how to prepare the food are very concise and simple.
Most of the recipes are from scratch, which means if you have limited time, it is not the cookbook for you (on avg it takes me 2 hrs to create one dish including the chopping/pounding of the curries and cooking time). All the curries/chile waters/pad thai involve many ingredients, so unless you have a strong interest in Asian cooking, it might not be worthwhile to purchase the book for one recipe. For example, she talks about creating tamarind juice from soaking tamarind pulp in water and advises against short-cuts such as pre-processed tamarind juice. Unless you have other recipes you want to use this ingredient for, its going to sit in your cupboard. I also found that the recipes call for a huge amount of spicy chiles, so cut down on it if you can't handle the heat.
Also, there are a minimal amount of pictures in the book, if you don't have any idea what certain ingredients look like or haven't had exposure to Thai food, you might have a hard time figuring out what the dishes are supposed to look like. Pictures of the ingredients would be very helpful as well.
Overall, the book is one of my favourites. Well written and entertaining, it is a cookbook for serious (and patient) cooks. The recipes are delicious and the flavours are complex. But for beginners of Asian cooking or for people on the go, you might want to try something simpler.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ignore the negative reviews
Comment: This is the best book on Thai cooking I have come across. I beleive it would be the only book I would like to be a castaway with. I have a great collection of cook books , including all the classics but this is rapidly becoming my favorite. The recipies work, the text is personal and friendly, and the illustrations marvelous. The Thai names for the recipies are funny and authentic but not found in other books. This adds to the fun of cooking the food.
I have just returned from Koh Samui where I had Thai cooking classes and these recipies are right in line with what I learned. The American sustitutions are helpful for cooking here but the book tells how to be authentic too. Actually I have found most of the strange ingredients fresh here in good old Texas.
I hope to visit the author's restaurant someday. A truely wonderful book. Buy it now.
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Title: Asian Grilling: 85 Satay, Kebabs, Skewers and Other Asian-Inspired Recipes for Your Barbecue by Su-Mei Yu ISBN: 0066211190 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Thai Food by David Thompson, Earl Carter ISBN: 1580084621 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Vatch's Thai Street Food by Vatcharin Bhumichitr, Martin Brigdale, Somchai Phongphaisarnkit ISBN: 1571458263 Publisher: Laurel Glen Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia by Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid ISBN: 1579651143 Publisher: Artisan Sales Pub. Date: 02 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: True Thai: The Modern Art of Thai Cooking by Victor Sodsook ISBN: 0688099173 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 21 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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