Mandalay

Name: Mandalay
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SKU: 9781472959492
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Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen

By MiMi Aye

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Summary

Mandalay by MiMi Aye explores the rich and subtle flavours of Burmese cuisine, influenced by neighbouring Thailand, India, and China yet utterly unique. With 100 recipes and personal stories reflecting MiMi's heritage and experiences in Burma, this book guides readers through essential ingredients, techniques, and dishes ranging from fritters and noodles to salads, meats, and sweet snacks. It offers a compelling introduction to a little-known culinary tradition, inviting you to bring the taste of Burma into your own kitchen.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for food enthusiasts interested in exploring Southeast Asian cuisines, home cooks seeking authentic and accessible Burmese recipes, and readers who appreciate cultural storytelling alongside cooking guidance.

Description

There is so much to love in MiMi Aye’s wonderful Mandalay - Nigella Lawson

One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019

One of the Observer's 20 Best Food Books of 2019

A flavour explosion

Influenced by its neighbours and the countries closest to it, Burmese food draws techniques and ingredients from Thailand, India, and China but uses flavours of its own to make something subtle, delicious, and unique.

The food of Burma is little known, but MiMi seeks to change that within these pages, revealing its secrets and providing context to each recipe with stories from her time in Burma and her family’s heritage.

Beginning with a look at the ingredients that make Burmese food unique – as well as suitable alternatives – MiMi goes on to discuss the special techniques and equipment needed before delving into chapters such as fritters, rice and noodles, salads, meat and fish, and sweet snacks. Within these pages, you’ll find 100 incredible recipes, enabling you to create a taste of Burma in your own kitchen.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Praised for its mixture of autobiography, history, and recipes, Mandalay is hailed as a 'wonderful' and 'hungry-making' introduction to Burmese food by Nigella Lawson. Tom Parker Bowles calls it a 'glorious revelation' with a 'magnificent whole,' while Marina O'Loughlin describes it as a 'delicious love letter to Burma.' The book's bright and striking cover is as bold as its contents, which celebrate Burma’s love of deep-fried delights and complex flavours.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472959492

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 June 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Absolute

Illustration: Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned colour photography

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 1006g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

MiMi Aye is the British Burmese writer of www.meemalee.com, founder of supper club and community Burmese Food and Beyond, and author of NOODLE! 100 Great Recipes (Absolute Press).

MiMi has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s award-winning Woman’s Hour and Food Programme, as well as the BBC TWO show A Question of Taste, and her recipes have also appeared in METRO, The Evening Standard, Woman & Home and Red magazines.

She is featured as a chef on the Good Food Channel online, and her recipes have been featured on Channel 4 Food online to accompany Gordon Ramsay’s TV show Gordon’s Great Escapes.

@meemalee / @burmesebeyond