Taste of Indonesia Recipes from the Spice Islands

Author, Helena Soedjak, Ph.D. microbiologist, and food scientist at Kraft Foods
Photographs by Dr. Harry Andree
Introduction by John Bear, Ph.D., co-author of Café Beaujolais.

TASTE OF INDONESIA, with a publication date of April 2002, is the latest in the growing list of easy-to-use and authentic Asian cookbooks from SLG Books. The publisher of the extremely popular, The Elegant Taste of Thailand now in its 10th printing, also published The Vegetarian Taste of Thailand, Taste of Laos, Luba Gurdjieff: A Memoir with Recipes, the award-winning, humorous Dana Crumb cookbook, Still Eatin' It and Not Your Mother’s Cookbook: Unusual Recipes for the Adventuresome Cook, due this fall.

"The beauty (figuratively) of Taste of Indonesia is that Helena Soedjak solves all of our Indonesia-related deficiencies in one fell swoop. She tells us about the history. The culture. And the food. Indeed, she tells us a great deal about her native land and its peoples, from the great temple of Borobudur to the native craft called batik. And she not only communicates her love of Indonesian cuisine, but she shows us how to prepare and serve a great many dishes, from soup (vegetable coconut soup, for instance) to nuts (how about gado-gado-salad with peanut dressing)." - from the introduction by John Bear.

• The emphasis of the recipes in this cookbook is on the ease of preparation and availability of the ingredients. All of the recipes are traditional, but some are slightly adjusted to adapt them to our contemporary lifestyle. Since the author was born and grew up in Indonesian, the authenticity of the recipes is assured. The spices and ingredients used in the recipes are extensively described. Useful tips for the substitution of rare ingredients are also provided. All recipes have been tested in the U.S. using American measurement units and ingredients.

• The detailed glossary, list of ingredients, spices and substitutions make Taste of Indonesia a valuable manual in any American kitchen.

• The lavish 32-page color spread shows the selected recipes in exotic table settings with original decorative items, such as batik (the native dyed cloth), traditional woodcarvings, shadow puppets, and pottery. The accompanying CD-ROM contains full color photographs of all of the recipes.

Trade paper, 176 pages, 32 pages of full color

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