Burma: Rivers of Flavor

This book contains a brilliant collection of recipes for regional Burmese cuisines, accompanied with travel tales. Burma, at the crossroads between China, India, and Southeast Asia, absorbed outside influences into its daily life. This resulted in a rich, complex cuisine that inventively uses easily available ingredients to create exciting flavor combinations.The author’s tales from her trips to this fascinating but little-known land, including how Burmese women adorn themselves with thanaka, a white paste, and the significance of Buddhism in their lives. The author takes readers on tours of Shwedagon, introduces them to the fascinating people she encounters, and explores Burma’s vast rivers, highways, village markets, and home kitchens.

Burma: Rivers of Flavor offers a glimpse into the splendors of an ancient and wonderful country whose recipes delight and satisfy.