SC - Re: Asian Cuisine

[Nanna Rognvaldardottir]

Kiri wrote:
The article in
>58 is "Head Cook from the Forest" by Su-Mei Yu (which is backwards for
Chinese names,
>IIRC...it should be Yu Su-mei).  I have no idea what the last one is, but
if it's any
>good, I'll let you folks know.


It is actually rather good but has nothing to do with medieval cooking. It
is a description of a Thai "funeral cookbook", written sometime in the
latter part of the 19th century and is probably the earliest substantial
document on the history of Thai food. This book has about 300 recipes and a
dozen or so are printed in the PPC article.

Nanna