Thai Chef Pum's Lazy Thai Cuisine cookbook, was written to inspire those who feel that they do not have enough time to cook. Pum explains how to set up your kitchen as simply as possible, suggesting a wok, a mortar and pestle, and rice cooker as the bare minimum tools for basic cooking along with the usual utensils already found in the Western kitchen. A glossary of herbs and spices discusses in brief the various chilies used in Thai cooking and spices which may be unfamiliar to the Western cook, including galangal, kaffir lime leaf and Thai sweet basil. Thai sauces, vegetables and other commonly used ingredients are also listed for quick reference. High quality paperback with glossy full color pages; dimensions 17.5cm x 17.5cm; 112 pages.