Edible Asian Garden. Rosalind Creasy
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First published in 2000 by
Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 U.S.A. and 61 Tai Seng Avenue, #02-12 Singapore 534167.
Photographs and text copyright © 2000 Rosalind Creasy
Charles Mann: page 2; Image Point and Rosalind Creasy: page 58; Periplus Editions: page 84
Illustrations by Marcy Hawthorne
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
ISBN: 962-593-300-X
ISBN: 978-1-4629-1763-1 (ebook)
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contents
The Edible Asian Garden
How to Grow an Asian Garden
Creasy Asian Gardens
The Creasy Cool-Season Vegetable Garden
The Pleasures of a Stir-fry Garden
The Creasy Summer Asian Garden
The Cunningham Garden
The Encyclopedia of Asian Vegetables
From Amaranth to Winter Squash
Cooking from the Asian Garden
Asian Cuisines
Ingredients
Pickled Daikon and Carrots
Daikon Spicy Relish
Pickled Ginger (Gari)
Lemon Grass Tea
Chrysanthemum Tea
Pickled Mustard
Steamed Rice
Shanghai Pac Choi Stir-fry
Carrot and Garlic Stir-fry
Shishito Pepper and Eggplant Stir-fry with Beef
Pickled Mustard Stir-fry with Pork
Bitter Melon with Beef Stir-fry
Pea Shoots with Crab Sauce
Stir-fried Shrimp and Greens
Gai Lon with Bamboo Shoots and Barbecued Pork
Miso Soup
Thai Chicken Soup with Pigeon Peas
Daikon and Sparerib Soup
Dumpling Soup with Oriental Chives
Henry’s Salad with Vietnamese Coriander
Spicy Bean Sprouts
Vietnamese Salad Rolls (Goi Cuon)
Hoisin Dipping Sauce
Fish Dipping Sauce
Beef and Pork Japanese Vegetable Rolls
Edamame (Soybean Snack)
Spinach Puree
Japanese Noodles
Winter Squash, Japanese Style
Green Beans with Sesame
Spicy Eggplant
Shungiku Greens with Sesame Dressing
Spicy and Sour Squid Salad
Gado-Gado
Thai Red Vegetable Curry
Vegetable Tempura
Appendices
Appendix A: Planting and Maintenance
Appendix B: Pest and Disease Control
the edible
asian
garden
Over twenty years ago, in preparing for a trip to Hong Kong, I wanted to become proficient at eating with chopsticks so as not to embarrass myself. I practiced by using them to pick up dry macaroni until I thought I had acquired some skill. For our first dinner in Hong Kong, my husband and I arrived