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Portland chef Andy Ricker is one of the best, both in terms of his food and his writing. While his recipes can be complicated, his encouraging tone makes them accessible. In Pok Pok Noodles, his love of both noodles and Thailand shines through. Delicious, in every sense of the word! Recommended By Leah C., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
From chef and bestselling author Andy Ricker comes this definitive guide to the most delicious and time-honored noodle dishes of Thailand with recipes anyone can make at home.
From iconic dishes like phat thai and phat si ew to lesser-known (at least Stateside) treasures like kuaytiaw reua (boat noodles), noodles represent many of the most delicious and satisfying dishes in the Thai culinary canon. In POK POK Noodles, chef Andy Ricker shares recipes for his favorites — including noodle soups, fried noodles, and khanom jiin, Thailand’s only indigenous noodle. Filled with stunning food and location photography and the thoughtful, engaging storytelling that has earned Ricker legions of fans, this book will become an instant classic for armchair travelers and lovers of Thai food and culture.
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"Ricker’s expertise with and affinity for Thai fare make for dishes well worth slurping up." Publishers Weekly
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"Andy Ricker is a true authority on Thai cookery. There has never been a book that covers Thai noodles as thoughtfully as Pok Pok Noodles. This book completes a trilogy that tells the story of Thai food, ingredients, and people." CHEF JET TILA, Food Network
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"When I think of Andy, I see him in a tattoo form, sitting low, eating noodles. It’s how I always imagine him. So it made perfect sense that he wrote a book about noodles. Now reality just caught up to imagination. I cannot wait to learn from his book and from the people that have become his family in Thailand."
ROY CHOI, chef and author of L.A. Son
About the Author
ANDY RICKER worked in restaurants all over the world before settling in Portland, Oregon, where he opened his first restaurant, Pok Pok. He has since gone on to open Whiskey Soda Lounge, Noi, and Lat Khao in Portland, and Pok Pok and Wings in New York City. He has been featured in Food & Wine,Saveur, and Bon Appetit. He splits his time between New York and Portland, OR.
Andy Ricker on PowellsBooks.Blog
Pok Pok Noodles: Recipes From Thailand and Beyond is the final book in a trilogy of works that started off with
Pok Pok: Food and Stories From the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand and followed by
Pok Pok: The Drinking Food of Thailand. Each book was roughly based on a restaurant...
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