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World Food Thailand
All travellers know that experiencing the local cuisine is one of the major highlights of any trip, and everyone brings home with them tales of what they ate and drank, where and with whom. Finally, here is a series to cover the whole cuisine experience.The World Food series is a list of definitive culinary guides to major world destinations. With tantalising photography throughout and written in an entertaining, opinionated and contemporary style, each guide is intended to be the benchmark for a country's cuisine. Illustrated with the work of specialist food & travel photographers, the books have a dynamic design style which contributes to the overall tone of fun and enthusiasm. They are intended to be a bible for travelling and non-travelling food lovers around the world.
These pocket-sized guides include everything to do with eating and drinking in each country -- the history and evolution of the cuisine, its staples and specialities, and the kitchen philosophy of the people. We open the doors on home cooking and traditions, showing how food and drink have become integral to personal and national celebrations, and discover the myriad of regional cuisines that exist in even the most familiar countries.
The World Food guides also include comprehensive cuisine dictionaries. These two-way guides will be the best available resource for anyone interested in having a key reference to the local food, drink and cooking terms on their shelves, and will prove invaluable to travellers as they try to read menus, buy food, speak the right words and gain an insider's knowledge of where and what to eat and drink.
-- glossy specialist photography and full colour throughout
-- essentialguide to markets and local produce
-- explores variations of regional cuisine
-- covers cuisines for all occasions, including festivals and home cooking
-- simple and authentic recipes with notes on origin, occasion, preparation and culture
-- quick reference glossary
-- comprehensive dictionary, with foreign script included
-- useful phrases for every food and drink occasion
-- maps throughout to show marketplaces, key eating locations, regional produce
-- practical advice on keeping fit and healthy
These pocket-sized guides include everything to do with eating and drinking in each country -- the history and evolution of the cuisine, its staples and specialities, and the kitchen philosophy of the people. We open the doors on home cooking and traditions, showing how food and drink have become integral to personal and national celebrations, and discover the myriad of regional cuisines that exist in even the most familiar countries.
The World Food guides also include comprehensive cuisine dictionaries. These two-way guides will be the best available resource for anyone interested in having a key reference to the local food, drink and cooking terms on their shelves, and will prove invaluable to travellers as they try to read menus, buy food, speak the right words and gain an insider's knowledge of where and what to eat and drink.
-- glossy specialist photography and full colour throughout
-- essentialguide to markets and local produce
-- explores variations of regional cuisine
-- covers cuisines for all occasions, including festivals and home cooking
-- simple and authentic recipes with notes on origin, occasion, preparation and culture
-- quick reference glossary
-- comprehensive dictionary, with foreign script included
-- useful phrases for every food and drink occasion
-- maps throughout to show marketplaces, key eating locations, regional produce
-- practical advice on keeping fit and healthy
288 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2000
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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January 28, 2015
I read this book for a paper that I wrote on Thai food. More and more I have gotten to love this cuisine, and it has really grown in popularity, with new Thai places opening all over. This was a great general book for a Thai food lover, especially one who is planning a trip to Thailand, (something that I eventually did, and I recommend that too). The book jumps around and includes several genres of writing: recipes, history, reports from contemporary Thailand, discussions of regional cuisines, and personal recollections of Thai eating experiences. There are other books in this series and someday I would like to read those too, although at last check it appears Lonely Planet has discontinued the project, which I think is a shame.
April 13, 2016
The way Lonely Planet creates a series of pocket-travel books is just extraordinary as it includes thorough details about Thailand's must-know culinary traits based on the regions of the country. Besides, several Thai food names included through the information itself are definitely helpful for travelers especially for those who have never been to Thailand. Most importantly, at the end of the book, you will find survival languages that should be concerned about while having a wonderful journey there.
All in all, what I can say is this book is dedicated for those who have enormous passion in traveling and culinary ;)
All in all, what I can say is this book is dedicated for those who have enormous passion in traveling and culinary ;)
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