In article >, ian >
wrote:

> Petra Hildebrandt wrote:
> > ian > wrote:
> >
> >> I have been reading reviews of Asian Noodle Cookbooks on Amazon, and
> >> can't find a way to choose one over the other.
> >>
> >> Nina Simonds' Asian Noodles: 75 Dishes To Twirl, Slurp, And Savor looks
> >> pretty good, but some reviewers seem to think she's simplified and
> >> Americanized too much.
> >>
> >> Others appear to like Terry Durack's Noodle, but their writing reads a
> >> bit like astro-turf - i.e. perhaps writtne by an overeager publisher?
> >>
> >> Jacki Passmore's The Noodle Shop Cookbook seems to have the same
> >> limitations as Nina Simonds'. (Passmore wrote an Asian Ingredient
> >> Dictionary that I often refer to, so I know that she knows her stuff.)
> >>
> >> So, has anyone had good experiences with these or any other
> >> noodle-specific cookbook, or any other cookbook that includes a hefty
> >> number of noodle recipes (that they would recommend)?
> >
> >
> > Bruce Cost; Big Bowl Noodles and Rice
> >
> > The Wagamama Cookbook
> >
> > (to add a few more to the list )
> >
> > Petra
> >
>
> Thanks for responding - I had just about given up!
>
> I was in Dublin recently, and saw a follow-up book by, I think, Hugo
> Arnold again with a similar name. I'd not heard of Wagamama before, but
> the distinctive name stayed with me. The book looks interesting, and I
> will check it out - and the Bruce Cost one too.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian

I have Jacki Passmore's cookbook. Sometimes you do need a cookbook with
recipes that don't require last-minute dashes to Asian groceries. Bruce
Cost's cookbook is good. I also have a paperback called "The World's
Best Noodles", by Norman Kolpas. He mixes in European recipes and some
recipes for couscous, but the majority of recipes are Asian.

Cindy

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