Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village

by Jeffrey Alford

Book Overview

* Winner of the Best Asian Cuisine from Books Outside Asia at the 2016 Gourmand Cookbook Awards *

In the small village of Kravan in rural Thailand, the food is like no other in the world. The diet is finely attuned to the land, taking advantage of what is local and plentiful. Made primarily of fresh, foraged vegetables infused with the dominant Khmer flavours of bird chilies, garlic, shallots and fish sauce, the cuisine is completely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771620609
• ISBN13: 9781771620604
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.4"