Eleven tables
The eleven countries
One chapter each, in the order the book takes them. Every chapter opens on a table laid the way that country eats, and closes with the recipes that put it there.
Chapter 1ThailandBalance before heat.
Chapter 2VietnamHerbs by the handful.
Chapter 3IndonesiaGround fresh, then cooked down.
Chapter 4PhilippinesSour and salt, first.
Chapter 5MalaysiaRempah, and what it carries.
Chapter 6SingaporeA city that eats in public.
Chapter 7CambodiaKroeung, and the water.
Chapter 8MyanmarOil, ferment and split peas.
Chapter 9LaosSticky rice, eaten by hand.
Chapter 10BruneiQuiet cooking.
Chapter 11Timor-LesteCorn, beans and fire.
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