So was looking through reviews of
Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet and looks interesting... but seems like it's much more of a "coffee table" cook book than a practical one for everyday use?
The reason I ask is cause I'm in LA with a ton of very good SE Asian / Asian rest. options nearby (and cheap).
I've found with certain Asian cuisines (Thai come to mind) it's just not practical to cook alot of the dishes at home, because it's so labor intensive with a ridiculous amount of ingredients - really much easier to go out to a restaurant for me.
But I haven't explored SE Asian cooking at home really (I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Vietnamese food, for example), so any thoughts on this or additional cook book recs would be great, thanks.
-Al