Thai cooking is one of today s most popular cuisines.
Nancie McDermott spent three years in Thailand as a Peace Corps volunteer, and is nationally known as an authority on Thai cuisine. In Real Vegetarian Thai , she provides cooks with a delicious repertoire of vegetarian dishes which captures the vibrant spirit of Thailand and its extraordinary food. Traditional Thai cuisine includes meat, fish, and seafood. In Real Vegetarian Thai , McDermott carefully adapts her recipes as needed to create great Thai dishes for the vegetarian kitchen. By omitting nahm plah, the ubiquitous fish sauce which seasons virtually all savory Thai dishes, and replacing meat, fish, and seafood with a cornucopia of fresh vegetables including portobello mushrooms, Japanese eggplant, sweet red peppers and butternut squash, McDermott transforms classic Thai dishes into vegetarian feasts, sure to please guests and family members whether they are vegetarians or not.