The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight's Dinner Author: Visit Amazon's Jaden Hair Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0804840288 | Format: PDF
The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight's Dinner Description
Review
"I loved it and so did my girls! So easy, so quick— soooo good. Thank you, Jaden, for your beautiful cookbook! I love it."—Ree Drummond, author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks
"Jaden Hair—in print, on television, on SteamyKitchen.com and in her own steamy kitchen—is a force of nature, and this book captures that exuberant spirit with compelling recipes and great techniques on a wide range of Asian dishes."
—Michael Ruhlman, author of The Soul of a Chef and Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
"Jaden Hair delivers beautiful, simple and delicious food that will bring family and friends to your table. She is the real deal who learned from the best, her mom."
—Martin Yan, Chef and host of Yan Can Cook
"Jaden has great energy and a fantastic spirit, and that comes through in her beautiful food photography and recipes in "Steamy Kitchen." You'll love having her teach you the joys of Asian home cooking."
—Ming Tsai, host/executive producer of Simply Ming and chef/owner of Blue Ginger
"Jaden Hair speaks passionately to a new audience of Asian food enthusiasts, luring them into the Steamy Kitchen with her helpful hints and exciting recipes."
—Andrea Nguyen, author of Into the Vietnamese Kitchen and Asian Dumplings
"Steamy Kitchen is one of the most popular sites at www.food.alltop.com. This book is positively orgasmic."
—Guy Kawasaki, founder of www.Alltop.com; author of Rules for Revolutionaries and Reality Check
"If you never have the pleasure of meeting Jaden in person, you most certainly get to know her through this book, written in her unique conversational style, a gorgeous kitchen journal that exudes her zest for life and all things delicious. It's like one big happy dance."
—Kim O'Donnel, "A Mighty Appetite," The Washington Post
About the Author
Jaden Hair is a food writer and up-and-coming television star who teaches Asian cooking. She authors one of the world's top rated and trafficked food blogs, steamykitchen.com and appears regularly on live spots on Tampa Bay's CBS (WFLA),Sarasota's ABC (WWSB) and has a regular bi-monthly segment on the syndicated show "Daytime." Jaden lives in Florida with her family.
- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition (October 10, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0804840288
- ISBN-13: 978-0804840286
- Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.4 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This is my first review even after years and thousands of dollars in purchases on Amazon. I felt I owed it to the author after finally feeling thrilled with a cookbook purchase.
As an aspiring "home chef" without talent or experience, I've bought dozens of cookbooks hoping to find one that would enable me to create cuisine, not just mundane meals. Sadly, I have been let down countless times. Sure, my lack of cooking skills puts me at a huge disadvantage, but I'm not buying complex books. I tried to stick with cookbooks that focused on the novice. In the end, my dishes looked nothing like the photos, tasted nothing like the description, and left me with little more than dirty dishes and buyer's remorse.
The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook changed that for me. I've now cooked six meals from within these pages and every single one of them left me literally smiling at first bite. Just like one of those corny food commercials. :) Here's why:
1. The ingredients were all found at my local supermarket...unlike books that sent me to far away places in search of obscure spices that I'd never use again.
2. The book was fun to read, kept my attention, and gave me insight like no other cookbook had given me in the past. Most just started right in with the recipes, leaving me with more questions than answers. Unlike the Steamy Kitchen, they focused on the "how" without ever addressing the "why".
3. The steps were easy to follow, the dishes easy to prepare, and the end result actually matched the photos. The other cookbooks I bought should have come with a sous chef because I was way out of my element. I never realized how inadequate they were until I read and followed this book.
4. The flavors were solid, delicious, and spot-on.
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