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• Bamforth, Jane

This beautifully photographed book is a wonderful kitchen guide to South-east Asian food and cooking, bringing together nutritious and aromatic ingredients, culinary customs and the traditional recipes of these regions. The wide selection of dishes are all low in fat and are ideal to include as part of an everyday healthy and low-fat eating plan.

The collection of 100 authentic dishes captures all the delicious, home-cooked flavours of South-east Asia. The recipe sections include soups, appetizers and snacks, fish and shellfish, chicken, duck, pork and beef, vegetarian main dishes, accompaniments and salads, and desserts.

There is a wonderful variety of ideas: choose from familiar classic favourites such as Crispy Wonton Soup, Spring Rolls with Mushrooms and Pork, Sweet and Sour Pork, Thai style, or Yellow Chicken Curry. Or try something a bit more exotic and adventurous, like Soft-shell Crabs with Chilli and Salt, Lemon Grass Snails, or Fragrant Mushrooms in Lettuce Leaves.

All of the dishes contain less than 15 grams of total fat per serving, and many contain less than 5 grams of fat. Every recipe is very simple to make, and is illustrated with clear step-by-step instructions including a mouthwatering finished picture. The book also contains plenty of useful advice for healthy eating and has helpful hints and tips, and fat-free cooking methods for reducing fat in your diet, especially saturated fat.

The emphasis throughout the book is on nutritious and healthy food that is low in fat, but also tastes good, and with more than 380 tempting colour photographs and complete nutritional information for every dish, this is the ultimate collection of fat-free Asian food that will delight healthy eaters everywhere.