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Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia

by Kate Leahy
Tan, Desmond & . Ten Speed: Crown. Mar. 2017. 272p. photos. index. ISBN 9781607749509. $29.99; ebk. ISBN 9781607749516. COOKING
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Burma Superstar is a popular Northern California restaurant known for its flavorful Burmese cuisine. Writing with veteran author Leahy (A16 Food + Wine; The Preservation Kitchen), owner Tan recounts the restaurant's 25-year history and the circumstances that led to his purchasing it in 2000. The 80 recipes—some from the eatery and others from Tan's travels and home cook acquaintances—include such captivating dishes as egg and okra curry, superstar vegetarian noodles, tea leaf salad, and black rice pudding. A few ingredients will require some sleuthing, but overall this volume is accessible for novice home cooks.
VERDICT Burmese cooking is an area of renewed interest, making this a solid addition for most Southeast Asian cooking collections, along with Naomi Duguid's award-winning Burma: Rivers of Flavor.
Reviewed by Lisa Campbell , Apr 15, 2017
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