STREET FOOD

Recreating the world's most authentic recipes

by TOM KIME

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New hardcover book with dustjacket, 224 pages, full of delicious colour photos throughout. Published 2007. 

Have you ever visited a bustling market overseas, discovered a freshly cooked, local delicacy, and thought I'd love to make that at home?

Tom Kime's world tour of fantastic food shows how to bring exotic flavours into your kitchen. Take your tastebuds on a global adventure and cook up 90 easy-to-follow recipes, from Chilean seafood empanadas to Moroccan hahira bean soup. Pick up local cooking tips and techniques, and follow inspirational ideas for mixing a variety of dishes including fritters, mezze, tapas and kebabs, so you can serve up a truly global street food experience. Explore mix-and-match ideas for snacks, full meals, barbecues, picnics and parties. Enjoy continent by continent the gorgeous food of markets, open-air stalls, cafes and bars.

Whether you want to relive cherished travel memories or try sensational flavours you've never had before, come on a whirlwind tour of streed food that's fast, fresh, authentic and fantastic to eat. With easy to follow recipes, you'll create foods that evoke all the vivid excitement of exotic places around the world. All the tips and techniques are clearly explained and there are inspirational ideas for mixing a variety of dishes from different countries and regions, so you can serve up a truly global street food experience. There are fritters, wraps, mezze, fresh fish, tapas, kebabs, grills, salads and soups for snacks to make for any occasion, perfect for a relaxed night in or ideal for the liveliest of parties.

Evocative, exotic and above all delicious, street food stirs, sizzles and surprises.

Chapters include:

• Recipe navigator
• The World Tour
• India and Sri Lanka
• South East Asia
• Latin America and the Carribean
• Southern Europe
• The Middle East and North Africa
• The Menus - picnic, barbecue, leisurely lunch, cosy night in, drinks party
• Plus glossary, useful websites and index

Street Food is a UK publication. Measurements are in metric and imperial.

About the author

Tom Kime (born in Wiltshire, UK 1974)has worked as a chef in some of the most famous restaurants in London and Sydney. He has travelled from Southeast Asia to South America to discover, sample and find out how to cook street food from around the world. Having cut his catering teeth with Rick Stein, Tom has worked at the River Cafe with Jamie Oliver (he cooked at Jamie's wedding) and at Darley Street with David Thompson.

In 2005 Tom opened Food at The Muse in Notting Hill, a year later became executive chef at the Fortina Spa Resort on the island of Malta and is currently expanding his work internationally. He writes regular articles and recipes for Olive and BBC Good Food magazines. Tom’s articles have also been published in many other magazines and newspapers. His first book, Exploring Taste and Flavour, was published in 2005. It won 'Best first cook book in Britain 2005' at the World Gourmand Awards.and was nominated by the International Association of Culinary Professionals for the Best Chef/Restaurant award of 2006.

Tom has also created and produced work for television - Our Man in Vietnam, an 8-part series for Taste TV. He is one of the regular chefs on Ready Steady Cook in Australia. He is married to the Australian journalist and executive coach Kylie Burgess-Kime

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Street Food: Recreating the world's most authentic dishes by Tom Kime