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300 BEST STIR-FRY RECIPES by Nancie McDermott Robert Rose April 2007 $24.95/trade paperback 32 color photographs ISBN: 0-7788-0157-8 Sample recipe

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Stir-fry cooking is an ideal way to prepare delicious, healthful, internationally-inspired dishes. With just one pan - either a wok or a large skillet - you can create fantastic meals fast, whether you're new to the kitchen or an experienced cook. This traditional Asian cooking technique is the perfect, practical solution to the challenges facing today's busy cooks.

Best-selling author Nancie McDermott created the stir-fries in 300 BEST STIR-FRY RECIPES based on her extensive food and travel experience. Simple in concept, essentially healthy, and intrinsically quick, Nancie's stir-fry recipes help you cook delicious dishes using easy-to-find ingredients. With these flavorful dishes, it's simple to please your family and friends at dinnertime or anytime you gather them around the table. Here's just a small sampling of the recipes found in this book:

• Kung Pao Chicken
• Lemongrass Beef in Garlic-Ginger Sauce
• Orange-Splashed Pork with Cumin, Tomatoes, and Mint
• Cantonese-Style Shrimp with Black Bean Sauce
• Stir-Fried Italian Sausage with Peppers and Onions
• Lime-Splashed Salmon with Chilies and Cilantro
• Tumbled Tofu with Snow Peas and Toasted Walnuts
• Eight-Treasure Fried Rice

Stir-fry cooking fits beautifully into any kitchen routine - it's a simple, endlessly varied cooking technique, perfect for working the season's freshest produce into a meal on a busy day. Inside readers will find recipes for many of our favorite classic Asian stir-fries, along with inspired stir-fry dishes from around the world that put fresh herbs and aromatic spices to delicious use - all in record stove-top to table-top time!

Packed with 300 recipes, 32 color photographs, thorough information on stir-frying traditions, techniques and recommended equipment, and a comprehensive glossary, 300 BEST STIR-FRY RECIPES is the quintessential stir-fry cookbook and was designed especially for the modern cook.

Nancie McDermott began cooking Asian food while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand. She has written seven cookbooks and has contributed recipes and features on food and travel to Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Fine Cooking, and various newspapers. She also travels extensively and teaches cooking classes around the globe. She lives with her family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA).