num_pages: 304
description: A guide to bold authentic Thai cooking from Andy Ricker the chef and owner of the wildly popular and widely lauded Pok Pok restaurants. After decades spent traveling throughout Thailand Andy Ricker wanted to bring the country's famed street food stateside. In 2005 he opened Pok Pok so named for the sound a pestle makes when it strikes a clay mortar in an old shack in a residential neighborhood of Portland Oregon. Ricker's traditional take on Thai food soon drew the notice of the New York Times and Gourmetmagazine establishing him as a culinary star. Now with his first cookbook Ricker tackles head-on the myths that keep people from making Thai food at home that it's too spicy for the American palate or too difficult to source ingredients. Fifty knockout recipes for simple and delicious Thai dishes range from Grilled Pork Collar with Spicy Dipping Sauce and Iced Greens to Andy's now-famous Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings. Including a primer in Thai techniques and flavor profiles with tips for modifying local produce to mimic Thai flavors Pok Pok makes authentic Thai food accessible to American home cooks.
language: English
title: Pok Pok: Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand
publisher: Ten Speed Press