Some of the world's most exciting cuisines are found in the South-eastern corner of Asia, in Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines. Throughout the region, each country has its own traditional cooking style, but all share a passion for fragrant, highly flavored dishes made with exotic spices, aromatic flavorings and, always, the very freshest of ingredients.<BR><BR>Mridula Baljekar's cookbook offers signature curries from all comers of the region. It features more than 50 authentic recipes for meat, poultry, and vegetarian curries, rice and noodle dishes, sambals and salads - including highlights such as Mussaman Curry and Red Chicken Curry with Bamboo Shoots from Thailand, Beef Rendang from Indonesia, Burmese Fish Stew, and the Filipino meat soup known as Puchero.<BR><BR>With practical advice to explain all the basics of curry-making and the ingredients used, and easy to follow step-by-step instructions and beautiful color photographs for every dish, this tempting collection of dishes is for curry lovers everywhere.<BR><BR>Contributing editor Mridula Baljekar is the best-selling author of several books on Indian cooking. Her first book, The Complete Indian Cookbook, published in 1990, has sold more than 250,000 copies. Mridula was food editor of Indian and Oriental Food & Drink magazine, and she contributes regularly to magazines and newspapers in the United Kingdom, Australia and her native India.<BR><BR>Mridula is a regular demonstrator at trade and consumer food shows. In her role as a freelance consultant to retail outlets, she spends much of her time on product development and the formulation of recipes. She also teaches Indian cooking in a number of cooking schools in the United States.<BR><BR>Other titles of interest from Southwater: Curry Lover's Cookbook by Mridula Baljekar Asian Flavors by Kim Chung Lee Fire & Spice by Deh-Ta Hsiung, Rafi Fernandez and Steven Wheeler Rice, Risotto, Pilaff & Paella by Christine Ingram Turn Up The Heat by Jenni Fleetwood