Ming Tsai

These are not one-pot recipes. Ming cheats by reusing a pot, not counting prep work, etc., etc. That said, they are pretty good recipes — the shrimp "bouillabaisse" is excellent, and the crisp tofu with miso butter is a brilliant idea.

But the (gorgeous) photographs are utterly unrealistic -- no Israeli couscous I have ever made looked remotely like the image here -- and the "affordable" of the title is just risible.

I'm looking forward to going to Blue Ginger in a few months, and will continue to make the recipes praised above, and try his ginger-poached chicken, but this is not a book I would keep on my shelf.… (meer)