50 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
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Beware: This is a Hoax for Madhur Jaffrey fans, 21 Dec 2001
By Glenn Kessler - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Madhur Jaffrey's Step-By-Step Cooking: Over 150 Dishes from India and the Far East Including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (Hardcover)
We were so excited when we saw there was a new Madhur Jaffrey book on Asian cooking that we ordered it immediately. What a hoax--this is nothing more than a reprint of one of her earlier books, Far Eastern Cookery. That book is out of print, and so if you don't have it you might enjoy this book. But everything is virtually the same--the text and the recipes! The only difference is that there are a few Indian recipes tossed in, and there is less interesting information on the countries. The format is also less convenient. The publisher should be ashamed, since they also published Far Eastern Cookery, but there is no mention of the earlier book anywhere in this one--not even in the list of her previous books. Buyer Beware!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
madhur jaffrey's step-by-step cooking: over 150 dishes from, 26 April 2002
By duncan liston - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Madhur Jaffrey's Step-By-Step Cooking: Over 150 Dishes from India and the Far East Including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (Hardcover)
Glenn Kessler is exactly right. the book is almost identical to madhur jaffrey's far eastern cookery which i purchased in 1990. changes are a joke. e.g. one quarter pound in 1990 --four ounces in 2001. .... fortunately i have a cooking friend who does not have this one and has a birthday coming up so my [money] is not wasted. thanks for giving your clients this opportunity for expression, good or bad.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Food from the East, 2 Jan 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Madhur Jaffrey's Step-By-Step Cooking: Over 150 Dishes from India and the Far East Including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (Hardcover)
I recently received this book from Santa for Christmas and have already made three dishes. The Red Chicken Curry was the best version I've ever tasted (I've been enjoying Thai food for 15 years). I love the format of this book as the recipes are well layed out and there are lots of beautiful photographs. Madhur has provided a great selection of dishes from this region. Perhaps if you have other cookbooks from the author this might replicate the recipes, but for someone looking for a consolidation of the best dishes of the East, I would highly recommend this book.