Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass: Southeast Asia's Best Recipes from Bangkok to Bali

Wendy Hutton

май 2007 г. · Tuttle Publishing

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From roadside to restaurant, Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass takes you on a lip-smacking culinary tour of Southeast Asia's most scrumptious food, from Singapore's fascinating cosmopolitan offerings to Thailand's sinfully spicy dishes and Vietnam's refreshingly healthful recipes. Featuring expertly written text and recipes from the diva of Asian cuisine, Wendy Hutton, this book explores the glorious splendor of Southeast Asia's rich and varied cuisine, presented here in the form of tantalizing photos by award-winning photographer, Masano Kawana. Green Mangoes and Lemon Grass will help you whip up an Asian festival of food in your very own kitchen!

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Wendy Hutton, a New Zealander by birth, went to Southeast Asia in 1967 and has worked in the region ever since, specializing in writing on travel and food. Charmaine Solomon was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 31, 1930. At the age of 18, she became an assistant to the editor of the women's pages of the Ceylon Daily News. She eventually wrote a food column called Oceans of Notions for the newspaper. She moved to Australia in 1959. In 1964, she won second place in the Woman's Day Butter White Wings Bake Off and was invited to join Woman's Day as a food writer. She worked at the magazine for 11 years, including three as food editor, then became cookery editor of Belle magazine followed by food editor of Family Circle magazine. Her first book, The South East Asian Cookbook, was published in 1972. She is the author of 31 cookbooks and the creator of her own brand of spice blends and marinades. Her other books include The Complete Asian Cookbook, Encyclopedia of Asian Food, and The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook.