~ FEB 15 2003
Food
& Travel (books)
From: Australia
- I'd like to start cooking more Laotian food. I'm finding it difficult
to find Laotian recipe books.
Your input would be appreciated.
Additionally which travel guides do you recommend?
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Reply:
There quite a
number of travel guides to Laos and only a handful of recipe books.
However, generally speaking, we think it's best to recommend only
books that concentrate on Laos alone rather than, for example, a book
on "Southeast Asian" travel that includes information on
Laos with only a moderate level of info.
Here are some
recipe and travel books we recommend and believe will be useful to
you. Books marked with an asterisk (*) have been fully reviewed by
our staff, others only moderately or not at all (for ex. the book
was not available).
- Traditional Recipes
of Laos by Phia Sing (1981) *
- Taste of Laos:
Lao/Thai Recipes from Dara Restaurant by Daovone Xayavong ('00)
- Fish and Fish
Dishes of Laos by Alan Davidson ('75? '00?)
- Simple Laotian
Cooking by Penn Hongthong (May '03)
- Lonely Planet
Laos by Joe Cumming ('02) *
- Rough Guides
Laos by Jeff Cranmer & Steven Martin ('02) *
- Footprint Laos
Handbook by Eliot, Bickersteth & Gardner ('02) *
Woof Woof?
From: Czech Rep.
- I am currently undertaking a research project trying to find out
what noise dogs make in each language of the world. I was hoping someone
might tell me how Laotians describe the sound of a dog in Laos.
Reply:
In Laos when we
describe the way a dog sounds we say "ngong ngong" (keeping
in mind that the pronunciation is based on Laotian language rules
which are further describe in our language pages).
And when a dog
is angry we then use the same descriptive words as in North America
"woof woof".
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