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Cookbook: Thai Fruit and Vegetable Carving, 190 pages

Cookbook: Thai Fruit and Vegetable Carving, 190 pages
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This large, full-color book has been out of stock for the last few years but the publisher has just made more available. This is the sixth edition.

190 pages of highly-detailed instructions and excellent photographs for the person interested in learning the beautiful art of carving which is so popular in Thailand. This large book (8.5" x 11") is a complete English language teaching manual both fruits and vegetables. Color photographs across double spreads show the finished piece together with the step-by-step process in getting there.

The first section describes the carving tools needed, all of which are offered by ImportFood.com (see below).

The book demonstrates how to carve both fruit and vegetables. It includes 14 detailed ways to carve carrots into lovely flowers and leaves in the traditional Thai style.

The book describes how to carve tomatoes, cucumbers, radish, eggplant, shallots, chiles, and other vegetables.

The fruit section includes apple, pineapple, papaya, cantaloupe, guava, watermelon, mango and others.

Make ordinary radishes into beautiful roses, lemon slices become conversation pieces with just a few special cuts, apple slices become stunning leaves, ordinary potatoes become cute little chickens, and it's easy to turn pineapple slices into butterflies.

You will also learn methods of storing the carvings so they are ready to be the center-piece on your table. Printed in Thailand.

Also see: Thai Vegetable Carving Video: Carrot Flower

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