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The Principles of Thai Cookery by Chef McDang (2010) Hardcover Hardcover – January 1, 2010

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The Principles of Thai Cookery by Chef McDang is a beautifully presented encyclopedia of Thai cuisine. Informative, instructional and inspiring, McDang's warm narrative takes the reader on an extensive journey through the history, culture and style of Thai food that starts with background on eating habits, regional differences and foreign influences. Following on are 57 recipes that cover the essentials of Thai cuisine: boiling, grilling, salads, dips, stir-frying, deep-frying, steaming, curries and desserts. Useful tips and references explain cooking methods and sensational photography brings the vibrant colors and textures of Thai food to life. A visual and culinary feast, ‘The Principles of Thai Cookery’ is essential reading for cooks, travelers and anyone who enjoys good food. Reviews "The Billionaire Book Club: What the Rich Are Reading This Summer" - Wall Street Journal, 2010"McDang is a fierce proponent of teaching cooking through science as opposed to the
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McDang.com Company Limited (January 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 6169060107
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-6169060109
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.25 pounds
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ML Sirichalerm Svasti (Chef McDang) is Thailand’s leading food expert, chef and writer. Born into the Thai royal family, McDang completed his early education in the UK and USA and at the Culinary Institute of America, which led to a career as executive chef and restaurant owner and manager that saw him travel from Washington DC to Florida and California. Upon returning to Thailand in 1993, McDang began writing about food and cooking and appeared on TV cooking shows. Sixteen years later, McDang is Thailand’s most famous food expert and a respected ambassador for Thai cuisine. He is the author of several best-selling Thai language cook books, host of the popular weekly TV program, ‘McDang Show’, pens weekly food columns for leading Thai and English-language newspapers, and consults for a number of companies, including Thai Airways, Bangkok Airways, Sodexo, Betagro, Siam Winery and Wai Wai instant noodles.

At an international level, McDang has appeared on a number of TV shows and has performed lecture tours in Australia and New Zealand. Each year he is invited to lecture at culinary schools in the USA by Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which he has recently been appointed as an honorary chef instructor at Le Cordon Bleu, Las Vegas. It is the notes for these lectures that form the basis of his first English language cook book ‘The Principle of Thai Cookery’, with a dream of having Thailand and Thai cuisine become even better known internationally.

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J. Fary
4.0 out of 5 stars Principals of Thai
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2011
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This book is for the serious Thai Cooker. Very Good, but It is not an entry level book, more of a book for chefs. My biggest complaint is it is divided into techniques with no concordance of ingredients. Like if you have some shrimp lying around and you want to cook Thai, you cannot go to the back of the book and look up all shrimp recipes, you need to instead think I would like some Thai soup, let's see what soups are in here. I almost always have the main ingredient and then look for a recipe to make. This book does not work in that way so it does not work well for me. It is like a school texts book if you were going to school for Thai Cookery
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Lena L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Thai cookbook!
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
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I bought this book to learn how to cook the stuff my mother cooked when I was a kid. (She is Thai.) This book was perfect!
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Chris
3.0 out of 5 stars It’s ok.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
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Nothing life changing in this book. If I paid full price I would be very disappointed and would return. I paid 1/3 for a used book and I wouldn’t pay that for a new copy. I would return, but since it’s a used copy, I cannot. It’s better than all the farang trying to cook Thai, but for the price, it’s not worth it. If you find a copy for $25-35, it’s a buy, but no more.
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Rachael
4.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2013
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As other reviews have pointed out, it lacks a proper index. This makes it hard to choose a recipe based on ingredients that you have on hand, especially when you live in America, where you may have to drive a long distance to get additional exotic ingredients. That's why I only gave 4 stars. I am still glad I bought it though, as the recipes have been amazing, and in the end, it has still been worth the extra trouble.
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Zora O'Neill
5.0 out of 5 stars Not yet kitchen-tested, but impressive read
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2011
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This cookbook won me over just with the nifty chart in the back that shows which essential ingredients go in various types of Thai food: curries, salads, etc. I also own David Thompson's books, which I love for their thoroughness, but they are simply overwhelming. Just reading through Chef McDang's book quickly, I feel like the basic principles stand out far better than they do in Thompson's work.

As the review header says, I haven't actually cooked any recipes yet from the book, so I suppose there's still room for disaster. But if a book teaches you the principles well, as I feel like this one is well on the way to doing for me, then the recipes are almost beside the point.
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A. SLOAN
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful cookbook
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2013
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I bought this as I wasn't all that familiar with Thai cooking and I was curious. The reviews indicated it was instructional as to the history of Thai cuisine as well as a cookbook. So very true. I will admit that it at first looks a bit intimidating, but I think it will be exciting to try these recipes.
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Tonia M.
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best books on thai cooking
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2012
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This is one of the best books on Thai cooking from a Chef who was born into the Thai Royal Family. Simple, easy to follow recipes, lots of explanations and history of the most amazing Cuisine in the world. As he says it so well: Thai food is one of the great achievements of the Thai People. What a great pleasure to be initiated fully through this amazing man, Chef McDang
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Merryneedle
3.0 out of 5 stars The Principles of Thai Cookery
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2012
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Really not what I expected. There is way too many ingredients I have never heard of. I was expecting and hoping for a recipe book of some of the more common dishes we see in the US. The pictures are nice.
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anonym
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, if you can find the ingredients
Reviewed in Germany on March 10, 2016
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I've been a fan of Thai food for several years and decided to take the step and cook it myself.
I didn't want a book that recommends pre-made sauces and mixtures, so, after careful consideration, I've decided for this one.

A wonderful collection of recipes, along with their history and cultural backround of Thai food. It's not enough to be able to recreate the recipes, when cooking, one must understand what these recipes mean to the people cooking and eating them. I think Chef McDang's book fulfills this requirement.

Unfortunately for someone living in the Northern Hemisphere and far away from fresh fish and readily available exotic ingredients, I am required to improvise, but this book names acceptable alternatives for the ingredients I cannot buy.

Be prepared, a full Thai meal will take you several hours to prepare, you will have to prepare some ingredients a day ahead and carefully plan your shopping, and for one household, will require a lot of dishwashing, but the result is absolutely fantastic!
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