Tweaked Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Eater has a massive list previewing the Fall onslaught of new cookbooks. Get your holiday gift lists ready. I already have Burma: Rivers of Flavor on pre-order. The list is so long they had to break it up into two posts! Part 1 Part 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Tweaked, I forgot to thank you for this post- I read it right after you posted, then told myself, "must not add to Amazon Wishlist", & then "don't preorder", still holding out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 My copy of Burma: Rivers of Flavor should be arriving today...very excited! Also contemplating Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Ottolenghi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Yes, "Jerusalem" may be the one to tip me over the edge (although Burma: Rivers of Flavor & Charles Phan's Vietnamese Home Cooking also are tempting), also looking at "The Naked Brewer", because after starting to clean out my garage this weekend, & realizing how much home brewing gear I have that has been neglected, I thought about starting up again...My sister asks me why I keep buying cookbooks, 'because it's all available online', she doesn't understand how much different an actual printed book is to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rieux Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I have Jersualem on pre-order. Very excited. You have inspired me to add the Burma book too. I read them like novels when I go to bed, does that make me an addict? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 I read them like novels when I go to bed, does that make me an addict? Yes! The Burma cookbook is beautiful. Gave it a good once over last night, lots of lovely photos. Lots of vegetable friendly recipes, the section on salads, an area where Burmese cooking apparently excels, is like 40 pages long. The recipes seem to be very approachable: not particularly heavy on hard to find obscure ingredients like some Asian cuisine...ie: you won't be hunting around an Asian supermarket trying to figure if this jar is the same stuff as the stuff called for in a cookbook (although I kinda love doing that too!). Hope to test out some of the recipes this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rieux Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I had a Burmese tea salad at a hole in the wall Burmese restaurant in Cambodia, run by refugees. It was $1. Although it was over a year ago, I still dream of this salad. If there is a recipe for it in the book you should try it right away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I had a Burmese tea salad at a hole in the wall Burmese restaurant in Cambodia, run by refugees. It was $1. Although it was over a year ago, I still dream of this salad. If there is a recipe for it in the book you should try it right away! They have this dish at Burma Road in Gaithersburg; does this sound like it? Of course here it's $6.50... Pickled Tea Leaf Salad Pickled tea-leaf served with sesame seeds, fried garlic and roasted peanuts. A must have dish in Burma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 I had a Burmese tea salad at a hole in the wall Burmese restaurant in Cambodia, run by refugees. It was $1. Although it was over a year ago, I still dream of this salad. If there is a recipe for it in the book you should try it right away! There is indeed a tea leaf salad in the book...I looked at it quickly, apparently you need to source pickled tea leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rieux Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 They have this dish at Burma Road in Gaithersburg; does this sound like it? Of course here it's $6.50... Pickled Tea Leaf Salad Pickled tea-leaf served with sesame seeds, fried garlic and roasted peanuts. A must have dish in Burma That's it! I can count on one hand the number of times I have passed through Gaithersburg in the last 10 years living here, but next time I do I am stopping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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