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English Cookery Book in Thai language
Category: Family and Home > Food and Cooking Asked by: brianm7-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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28 Sep 2005 10:38 PDT
Expires: 28 Oct 2005 10:38 PDT Question ID: 573805 |
I have a Thai cook who speaks little English and cannot read English recipes! I want her to cook English food and I can't cook. Are there any cookery books in Thai language which have English, American, french or Italian cooking recipes that she can understand written in her own language? |
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Re: English Cookery Book in Thai language
From: myoarin-ga on 28 Sep 2005 20:35 PDT |
Learn to love Thai cooking, :-) or find someone to teach her the necessary vocabulary for understanding English recipes. Recipes have a rather limited vocabulary (no complaint about English cooking), and a cook would soon learn the different words for ingredients and the standard verbs. |
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Re: English Cookery Book in Thai language
From: jago8-ga on 01 Oct 2005 13:47 PDT |
You could try asking Pim at http://chezpim.typepad.com/ (and her email address is on the page too) - though she might not be very impressed that you don't want to eat Thai... I don't really agree with myoarin because the techniques and ingredients of Thai cooking are so different from European that if you only have experience of the one it would be difficult to learn the other just from a book, I should think. Do you live in Thailand and have access to Thai speakers? If so, list a few things you'd like to eat and I'll send you recipes in English with an eye to someone being able to translate them. I'm not a researcher, just someone interested in cooking and with a bit of spare time. |
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Re: English Cookery Book in Thai language
From: brianm7-ga on 02 Oct 2005 04:56 PDT |
Thanks for your comments, actually I do like Thai food but would rather not have it every day, I am a widower living in London with a 14 year old daughter!!. Will contact Pim that is helpful advice. |
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Re: English Cookery Book in Thai language
From: myoarin-ga on 03 Oct 2005 21:35 PDT |
Brian, Sorry to hear about your situation. But you live in London, where anything can be found - except, maybe, a Thai language cookery book for English food. Nonetheless, there may be such now in Thailand - all those western hotels. But how to find it? Or how to find a Thai cook in London who could help you? Either with a source for the book, or by teaching your cook, whereby I respect Jago's comment. Or, maybe, there is an English person who speaks Thai, and has a modicom of cooking skills, who could help. You might try asking the Foreign Office even. But to find? Is there a Thai language newspaper in London? Is your cook willing to try English cooking? Willing to learn from someone who can't speak the language but only show her the procedures? Well enough, more questions than answers, Myoarin |
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Re: English Cookery Book in Thai language
From: myoarin-ga on 05 Oct 2005 07:50 PDT |
Brian, Another thought: what about contacting one of the big hotels in Bangkok that also serve western food and ask them if they know of a book. Here is the site for the cooking school (for Thai food) at the Oriental, and there are links to a couple of other hotels. It can't hurt to ask. http://www.circleofasia.com/bookings/ToursDetail.asp?id=TBKK0597 Good luck, Myoarin |
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Re: English Cookery Book in Thai language
From: jago8-ga on 08 Oct 2005 14:39 PDT |
Another possibility is to use a translation service. If you google "Thai translation services" there are masses to choose from. You could just do a couple of recipes as a test case to see how your cook does following them. The offer still stands to write you an English version. Alternatively I could suggest a cookery book. But you would need to tell me what food you fancy. You could also try emailing these guys http://thai-uk.org/ - at least they could maybe read some websites in Thai for you. Myoarin and I are very worried about your diet.... |
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