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Charmaine Solomon

Forfatter af The Complete Asian Cookbook

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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 vis mere 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. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Charmaine Solomon

The Complete Asian Cookbook (1976) — Forfatter — 525 eksemplarer
Complete Vegetarian Cookbook (1990) 156 eksemplarer
Charmaine Solomon's Thai Cookbook (1990) 64 eksemplarer
Wok Cook Book (1800) 56 eksemplarer
Hot and Spicy Cookbook (1991) 42 eksemplarer
South East Asian Cookbook (1972) 34 eksemplarer
Love and a Wooden Spoon (1984) 23 eksemplarer
Chinese Cookbook (1973) 19 eksemplarer
The Vegetarian Book (1993) 17 eksemplarer
The curry cookbook (1980) 15 eksemplarer
The Orient Express Book (1998) 13 eksemplarer
One Course Meals (1993) 11 eksemplarer
Classic Indian cooking (1993) 11 eksemplarer
De vegetarische keuken (1998) 9 eksemplarer
Quick Meals in a Wok (1993) 9 eksemplarer
The Rice and Noodle Book (1998) 8 eksemplarer
Curried and spiced (1993) 8 eksemplarer
Chinese Cooking for Pleasure (1978) 7 eksemplarer
Indian Cook Book (1979) 7 eksemplarer
The Complete Curry Cookbook (1981) 7 eksemplarer
Asian cooking for beginners (1993) 6 eksemplarer
Gourmet Barbecue (1990) 6 eksemplarer
Gourmet Barbeque Cookery (1986) 5 eksemplarer
Oriental seafood (1993) 5 eksemplarer
Snacks and party food (1993) 5 eksemplarer
Asian food (2005) 4 eksemplarer
Far eastern Cookbook (1973) 4 eksemplarer
Koken met vis en zeevruchten (1998) 4 eksemplarer
Meanjin on food and drink (2002) 3 eksemplarer
BARBEQUE HANDBOOK (Basic Basics) (2004) 3 eksemplarer
Chinese Cooking (1983) 3 eksemplarer
Pittige oosterse hapjes (1998) 3 eksemplarer
The best of Belle cooking (1980) 2 eksemplarer
Chinese diet cookbook (1979) 2 eksemplarer
Low Carb Chinese Cooking (2005) 1 eksemplar
leicht und lecker kochen. (1999) 1 eksemplar
Die Küche Asiens 1 eksemplar
Gourmet Grilling (1990) 1 eksemplar

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Het enige aziatisch kookboek dat ik gebruik. Leuk om te lezen dat dit down under een klassieker is.
 
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luckasz | 12 andre anmeldelser | Nov 7, 2022 |
One of three cookbooks that we would take with us, if we had to move and could only take a few. Wonderful recipes accompanied by photos that help to explain what the dish is supposed to look like.
 
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scjenkins55 | 12 andre anmeldelser | Sep 22, 2022 |
Down Australia way this has been the definitive general text since long before I started cooking.

Like anything that does so much not all of it is going to work. I was disappointed to find the laksa recipe nowhere near as good as my favourite restaurant versions. It's true, it was one of my early sorties into cooking, but still....

Her Sri Lankan section is wonderful - not surprising since she is herself Sri Lankan, though since she moved to Australia in 1959, we may be forgiven for thinking of her as a local.

There are other sections of her book that I don't use, but may be excellent. I simply have enough good specialist books in the area, thinking now of Indian food in particular.

As an example of what she does so well, try this:

Sri Lankan chicken curry.

1.5 kg chicken pieces (NOT breasts!!!)
3 tablespoons ghee or oil
1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
sprig of fresh curry leaves
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1-2 teaspoons chilli powder
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground fennel
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons paprika (optional)
2 ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
6 cardamom pods, bruised
1 stick cinnamon
1 stalk lemon grass
250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup thick coconut milk
lime juice (optional)

Directions

Cut chicken into curry pieces. Heat ghee or oil and on low heat fry fenugreek seeds and curry leaves until they start to brown. Add onion, garlic and ginger and fry gently until onions are soft and golden. Add turmeric, chilli, coriander, cumin, fennel, salt and vinegar. If the curry isn't quite red enough, add the paprika because while it isn't used in Sri Lanka, using enough chilli to give the required colour would mean a curry too hot for most people. Stir well, add chicken and turn the pieces in the mixture. Add tomatoes, whole spices and lemon grass. Cover and simmer over low heat for 45 minutes. Add coconut milk, cook uncovered for a further few minutes, then remove from heat and stir in a squeeze of lime juice if desired. Serve with rice and accompaniments.

Yum.
… (mere)
 
Markeret
bringbackbooks | 12 andre anmeldelser | Jun 16, 2020 |
These observations pertain only to the Hardie Grant recent revised hard cover edition of this book. (The paperback edition does not suffer from this, it had a different publisher.)

It sucks. It fucking sucks.

I already have a sore head from looking at it today. Why? Because they have used a weird font to introduce the recipes; it looks cute and Asiany, which is no doubt that the 'book stylist' (Lord save us from stylists) thought would look good, but the only important thing to a font is that it is fucking readable.

I'm cross.

… (mere)
 
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bringbackbooks | 12 andre anmeldelser | Jun 16, 2020 |

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