Good Thai recipe book?

PixelChef · 12 Dec 2011 at 14:16

Hi all,

A friend of mine went to Thailand recently and really liked the food over there, so I'm thinking of getting him a Thai recipe book. The only problem is that he never cooks, so it would have to be a book suitable for "beginners" or atleast easy receipes. Hoping this book will get him into cooking more

This might be tough because I think thai cooking is quite complex, but worth a try. Any recommendations?

FrenchTart · 12 Dec 2011 at 14:18

You can cheat with a lot of nice thai food by using the various pastes/etc that you can get at asian supermarkets. It won't be as nice as a *well made* fresh version of the recipe but it will be damn close.

Not exactly what you're looking for but you could try purchasing him some of that stuff and some coconut milk. You can't really get easier than combine paste + coconut milk + meat.

PixelChef · 12 Dec 2011 at 14:37

FrenchTart said:
You can cheat with a lot of nice thai food by using the various pastes/etc that you can get at asian supermarkets. It won't be as nice as a *well made* fresh version of the recipe but it will be damn close.

Not exactly what you're looking for but you could try purchasing him some of that stuff and some coconut milk. You can't really get easier than combine paste + coconut milk + meat.

Yeah those are some good ideas, I was mainly looking at getting book

oli collett · 12 Dec 2011 at 20:51

David Thompson's book is considered the bible of thai cookery - even in Thailand. The only problem is it's tough getting all the ingredients though

PixelChef · 13 Dec 2011 at 12:54

oli collett said:
David Thompson's book is considered the bible of thai cookery - even in Thailand. The only problem is it's tough getting all the ingredients though

Hm, thanks for the suggestion and it does look good, but I think it will be too complicated for him.