The Curry Book: Memorable Flavors and Irresistible Recipes from Around the World

Bought two of these for family members...going to buy more!!! A+++ and highly recommended!

I have tried 5 recipes from this book, and they all turned out great. I don't know very much about cooking this type of food, so it's because it's a great, easy to follow cookbook, rather than any skill on my part. I basically followed the recipes to the letter. There's a great guide to all the more exotic ingredients (some of which aren't even used in this book), that suggests substitutions and tells you when you can use them. You do need to obtain some rather exotic ingredients for some of the recipes (lemongrass leaves?), but many don't require anything more exotic than curry powder. If you do want to make everything in the book, there's a list of mail order places in the back. I actually like the recipe selection in this cookbook a lot better than True Thai from the same author.

Remembering my intro to the curry world, the tears and gasping didn't keep me away from exploring this rather Asian specialty more. This book is great aid.There are sections to meet your needs and tastes: from standard dinner fare designation (Appetizer, Soup, Main Course, etc.)Neat feature of this particular book is the upfront section I've found so useful: Suggested Menus for Curry Aficionados. The Elegant Dinner with Curried Scallopsin Parchment with accompaniments was perfectly matched and easy to prepare and scrumptuous.Suggest too as fellow reviewer that you experiment with varying amounts of powder mixutures before following recipe amounts, matching with diners' curry abilities.Mail Order Sources and even drink ideas are included in this fine, inexpensive goldmine for Thai and Indian cookery.

I love curry but could never find a cookbook easy enough to follow. Browsing one day in a bookstore I was drawn to the beautiful cover of this one and had to have it! Starting slowly, I made a few of the recipes that were easy like Deviled Eggs with Cilantro and Curry (Get real, most people HATE deviled eggs) and the Curry Dip. My guests went nuts over both, devouring the platters in minutes! I then progressed to more recipes, all as easy as the previous. McDermott has a beautiful collection of curry recipes from all over the world tailored to the American palette. If you like curry, this one is for you.

Everything I've made from this has been excellent, and quite a number of the recipes are fairly simple. In particular, I like the thai grilled chicken with sweet and spicy garlic sauce and the burmese pork, which starts out great and actually improves as a leftover. This is definitely a book to have if you've ever liked a curry.