Singapore and Malaysia
Traditional Malaysian Cuisine - 16th impression 1995
S$22.45 - 244 pages - 21 x 29 cm
Berita Publishing Sdn. Bhd.1986 Malaysia. Available at MPH
Five sections : Malay, Chinese, Nonya, Indian and Eurasian. Beautifully illustrated book !
remarks: simple brief recipes, no index!
rating: MUST HAVE! - ISBN 967-969-139-x
sample recipes: Wonton Mee Murtabak
The Best of Singapore Cooking - 4th reprint 1994
Mrs Leong Yee Soo
S$30.80 - 254 pages - 21 x 28.5 cm - hard cover
Times Books International. - Available at MPH
Covering hawker favourites, Nonya specialities, dim sum, savoury snacks, Nonya Kueh, desserts, cakes and a lot more!!
remarks: could use a few more photographs.
rating: MUST HAVE! - ISBN 981 204 260 1
The Cooking of Singapore
Chris Yeo & Joyce Jue
S$24.95 - 175 pages - 21 x 26 cm - hard cover
Harlow & Ratner, California.
Good introduction, detailed step by step description and well indexed. A good selection of various Singaporean cuisines.
remarks: Adapted to the American market, great for beginners.
rating: Good - ISBN 0-9627345-6-x
Zarina's easy cooking
S$19.95 - 148 pages - 21 x 28.5 cm
Mowe, 1994.
Easy authentic home dishes, lots of photos! Absolutely gorgeous!!
remarks: great for those who need nice pictures to get inspired!
rating: Must have - ISBN 981-00-4637-5
A guide to common vegetable - 2nd edition 1992
Ms Kok Poh Tin, Dr Hsuan Keng, Dr P. N. Avadhani
S$24.95 - 160 pages - 10 x 15 cm
Singapore Science Centre, sponsored by BP
Names of vegetables in Latin, Malay, Tamil, Hokkien and Cantonese. Includes brief description, origin and uses. Fully illustrated with photos.
remarks: Great pocket guide.
rating: Must have - ISBN 9971-88-287-6
Popular Malaysian Recipes
Free copy - 60 pages - 10.5 x 22.5 cm
Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board
Tel: 03 - 293 5188 Fax: 03 - 293 5884
Recipes by various hotels. 4 sections: rice delicacies, noodle specialities, exotic desserts and local specialities. All recipes with photos.
remarks: "Trafficking in illegal drugs arries the death penalty" - it is stated somewhere!
rating: Good to have
Other Asian Cookbooks
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Asia, the Beautiful Cookbook is a part of _The Beautiful Cookbook_ series,
which includes books on China, Italy, France, America, California, and
Mexico. The book includes lots of pictures and historical information, along
with easy-to-follow recipes. It includes some very basic things, like sushi
from Japan, egg rolls from China, and beef noodle soup from Vietnam.
First published in USA 1992 by Collins Publishers San Francisco (reprinted
1993)
Conceived and produced by Weldon Owen Inc.
814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Ca. 94133, USA
Fax (415) 291-8841
- info contributed by Paula
This is a truly wonderful series! I have several books from this series in Dutch, so I think they're probably available in other languages as well. - Thian
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Two great lines of Asian cookbook are :
- Wei Chuan Publishing- all books are in chinese/english
-fully illustrated. Large variety of chinese cooking
- Quick & Easy Series - from Japan. Sushi is the best selling
Please conntact me for locations of these books - Helen (Vancouver, Canada)
- Charmaine Solomon's Asian Cookbook is a great book that has a great
variety of Asian recipes. - Saira
Chinese
- I really enjoy "The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking" by Barbara Tropp; it
has a very detailed discussion of cooking techniques, as well as a list
of ingredients with brand names. The recipes are great, but, as I'm not
Chinese and haven't visited China, I cannot say if they are "authentic"
or not. - Andrew
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There are a great many...but I think the books of Ken Hom stand out as
a good place to start with. -- mike
- Fragrant Harbout Taste (The new chinese cooking of Hong Kong) by Ken
Hom - has pretty good recipes including Mango Pudding (one of my
favourite) and Salt and Pepper Spicy Shrimp (aka Prawns).
Simon & Schuster Building ISBN 0-671-64469-6 - Teresa Lee
- Yan Kit's Classic Chinese cookbook - i got this at the Book Fair 1994
and it has proven itself invaluable.
Dorling Kindersley Book, ISBN 1-56456-545-X - Teresa Lee
Indian
- The Book of Currieis and Indian Foods. By Linda Fraser. Published by HP
Books. A nice book with great photos and wonderful recipes like: Creamy
Saffron Fish Curry, Banana Yogurt Milkshake, Chicken in Ginger Sauce and
Duck and Coconut Curry. It's a a very verticle book! By that I mean it's
alot longer than it's wide. An unusual format. - Susan
- The book "Indian Cooking" by Madhur Jaffrey is excellent. It
shows how to make your own garam masala. The book is published
by Barron's by arrangement with the BBC. - Roger
- Look for the following authors:
Madhur Jaffrey (a number of good books)
Yamuna Devi (very detailed, vegetarian --I also like her lower fat _Yamunas
Table_ though not strictly Indian)
Julie Sahni (interesting info/history, 1 vegetarian volume and another
which includes meats. I probably use her books the most) - Mary G. Croft
- I highly recommend Yamuna Devi's book "Lord Krishna's Cuisine, The Art
Of Indian Vegetarian Cooking". My husband is from Madras, India & I
have alot of Indian cookbooks. This is the most authentic book I've
seen yet. I regret that there aren't any pictures of the delicious
food, though. - Sharon Raghavachary
- Also check out The Great Curries of India by Camilla
Panjabi...recommended to me by the owner of our local Indian
restaurant and grocery store...the stuff comes out much better than in
Linda Fraser's book and there's a bit of history and philosophy thrown
in...- Marylyn
- Not strictly Indian, but a great book for curries from around the world
is _A World of Curries_ by DeWitt and Pais. The book includes lots of
great history of the curries, as well as detailed technique. - Jeff Benjamin
- IMHO, one of the best (and most prolific) authors on Indian cooking is
Madhur Jaffrey; she has several books out, all of which I have used and not
a ringer in the bunch. She gives you the Indian names as well as the
English names for ingredients (my Indian sources frequently don't translate
their goods) and any acceptable substitutions.
Some of the ingredients may raise an eyebrow, but like Vietnamese cooking,
when they're used all together they are sublime. - Sue
- "Classic Indian Cooking" by Julie Sahni. It even looks like one of
Marcella Hazan's volumes! I have it on my shelf, side by side with
"Classic Italian Cooking. Topnotch recipes, clearly written and
explained. - David Casseres
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