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(More customer reviews)Like in his book The Korean of the Morning: Classic Recipes from the Land of the Morning Calm, Copeland Marks presents recipes with inauthentic substitutions. For example, he feels vanilla extract and green food coloring are a perfectly suitable substitute for pandan extract. They are not. Perhaps the author is unaware that the internet and the explosion in interest in cooking have given most people access to lots of these 'exotic' ingredients, either by purchasing online or in specialty food stores. Plus, most medium to large cities have at least one asian grocery store which will supply one nicely with (nearly) everything needed to produce a broad range of cuisines.
In addition to lacking authenticity, the book does not adequately cover cooking techniques, cultural influences on food, ingredients or eating habits of the people of Indonesia.
Overall this book was inadequate and not worthwile. I welcome all suggestions for alternative sources!
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Copeland Marks is the 'Marco Polo' of the food world--always bringing us wonderful exotica.--Gael Greene
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