I love Thailand, I spent a year there as an exchange student in high school, trying to cram as many cooking classes as possible into my schedule. Therefore, the first cookbook I'll review here will be "Thai Food" by David Thompson.
Quick data:
Title: Thai Food
Author: David Thompson
Length: 674 pages
Recipe quality: 5 out of 5
Recipe complexity: 4 out of 5
Organization: 2 out of 5
Index quality: 3 out of 5
Food Porn Vale: 5 out of 5
Notes: All recipes need more lime juice! (I think the limes we get here in Sweden just aren't as sour as the ones mr. Thompson is using wherever he lives)
This book is HUGE and contains a lot more than recipes. There is a lot of info on Thai culture, history and beliefs. Thai ingredients and cooking methods are explained in detail, with both Thai and English names which might come in very handy at the Thai supermarket.
The recipes are mostly organized by type, one chapter for soups, one for curries etc. Then there is one chapter for "special menus" and one for "food outside the meal" containing recipes for all types of food. This I find rather confusing, I like to find the "Som Tam" recipe in the salad chapter, not among the "outside meal" stuff. Also I'd like the menu chapter to contain just references to the recipes, not recipes themselves.
That said, this is the best Thai cookbook I know of. There are A LOT of recipes. Everything I've made has turned out as expected or better. I'm planning on reviewing some of them here over the next few days.
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