Tony Tan's Asian Cooking Class

(Hardback)

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Tony Tan has been cooking, teaching, writing, eating and delighting in the foods of Asia for more than four decades. In Tony Tan's Asian Cooking Class, he shares for the first time more than 160 of his most cooked, most loved, most talked about and most personal recipes from his vast collection. A book for curious beginners and connoisseurs alike, Tan teaches his contemporary, sometimes adventurous approach to the most important inspirational and evergreen dishes from Malaysia, China, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and beyond. From wok sensations to street-food-inspired recipes to more elaborate dishes and original creations, Tan's warmth, erudition and rigour set his food apart. He moves seamlessly between traditionally distinct cuisines, contextualising them for the home cook.

Enhanced with insight on subjects from the ultimate dumplings, stir-frying 101 and the art of duck to the essential pantry, this beautifully photographed, thoughtfully designed hardback is a joyful celebration of modern Asian cooking.

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'Tony Tan is an outstanding and always surprising cook. His mastery of a wide range of Asian and South-Asian techniques and flavours is amazing and it is a delight to eat at Tony's table.'Stephanie Alexander

Author Bio

Tony Tan describes his earliest, formative food education as an explosion of flavours and ideas akin to a culinary tsunami. Growing up in Kuantan, on the east coast of Malaysia, the son of Hainanese immigrants - a father who ran a rest house and a mother who was an accomplished, endlessly curious cook - he was blessed with an open mind, attentive parents and a dynamic ever-evolving diaspora around him. His Malay neighbours taught him to cook beef rendang, his Peranakan neighbours gave him an appreciation of chicken cooked with buah keluak, and his Indian-Tamil friends showed him how to eat rotis and chapatis. Across multiple subsequent decades in Australia, the UK and France, through studies of history, language and food, his own restaurants, cooking schools, and food tours, Tan has continued a journey of learning and discovery that endears him to all who know him - and never ends. He lives in the central Victorian town of Trentham, where he runs legendary cooking classes and inspires the next generation of cooks.