[.ca] Flavors Of Burma Cuisine And Culture From The Land (ISBN 0781809479)

great double fried fish curry !:
Great book. Great recipes. My wife and I cooked the double fish curry last night. Its great. The recipe was easy to follow and quick to cook. We already had everything needed - although we used red fish fillets instead of the mackerel or king fish suggested. It tasted really good - smooth and tasty but without that "after curry burp" you get with some of the traditional Indian curries. It looked really good when cooked too - its nice to cook something without knowing in advance how it should look like after the experts have cooked it! We will definitly give the other recipes a go too. The information on Burmese (Myanmar?) life is interesting too - obviously written with some compassion.

a bit lean, but well laid out:
I bought this sight unseen, and without the benefit of any other user reviews to guide me. I'm not dissappointed. It only has "76 enticing recipes" in it, but they are well laid out. The first 48 pages are background information, and I like having those things in cookbooks. I feel that the two best features this cookback has are its hardback cover, and its lack of color photos. Hardback books are always better than paperbacks, and to me color photos in a cookbook always seem to imply that they are trying to cover up other defecienies with flashy pictures that will distract people. There are a few pictures, but they are B & W, and not the major focus of the book. I haven't made any recipes yet, but the recipe layout is one I have never seen before. It appeals to me typographically because of its interesting approach. It looks clean, and easy to read, and I hope more cookbooks emulate the style.