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HomeCookbooksThai CookbooksThe Sriracha Cookbook: 50 "Rooster Sauce" Recipes that Pack a Punch |
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74 of 85 found the following review helpful:
 pretty basic for Rooster afficianados Jan 19, 2011
By Stephen Raymond
Its a nice book with a humorous voice. It provides a short history of how the sauce came to be ubiquitous (I didn't know it is made in LA with jalepenos - assumed it was imported with more exotic chiles) which you could probably find on wikipedia.
If you already know how to cook you don't really need this book, because its basically a lot of fairly straightforward American dishes with Sriracha sauce added. It is not a Thai cookbook, or a Vietnamese cookbook. The recipes are for dishes like mac and cheese, chili con carne, chicken wings, chowder, hamburgers, cheese logs! etc. There were a few more inventive recipes - esp. the salads and cocktails. My biggest takeaway will likely be Sriracha butter on popcorn.
This book is best suited for someone who isn't a confident cook and loves Sriracha. Or someone who adores Sriracha and is looking for a few new ideas. Or someone who likes quirky cookbooks.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Unleashing the secret of Sriracha Jan 22, 2011
By elliot misha weingarten
I must admit I was not terribly familiar with the great "Sriracha" until I got this cookbook. I have already gone through almost a dozen recipes with one better than the other. Everyone should especially check out the Grilled Vegetable Salad recipe, it's to die for!!! That being said I have already begun incorporating Sriracha in every day use and am growing fonder of it by the day. This cookbook really offers the best of all worlds and the author really delivers recipes on anything you can think of and does it with a great story and some heart behind it. The pictures are very vibrant and Mr. Clemens shining personality comes out with each recipe. This is a definite pick up can be a great buy or gift for anyone.
15 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Great idea for a gift! Jan 19, 2011
By S. Jones
I bought this for my impossible-to-shop-for brother and added some much needed housewares items to create a "guy gift set". I think this would make a really cool housewarming/ hostess gift too. I added a bottle of Sriracha sauce, some chop stick sets, four bowls, four pint glasses (probably the only matching dishes he owns now) and of course his favorite beer. Needless to say he loved it! Next time I'm over, he's doing all the cooking. And i have to be honest, I'm also excited to try some of the cocktail recipes.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
This book is just okay, even from a rabid sriracha consumer Feb 22, 2011
By H. P. Hall
I feared buying this book. I was worried that most of the recipes would consist of "Take common recipe/Food + Sriracha".
It turned out to be true, but the author cleverly disguises it. A recipe for spicy ranch is a recipe on how to make ranch dressing with some sriracha added in. The author even admits you could just use pre-made ranch from the bottle and mix in sriracha.
And that's how most of the recipes are in this book. Cornbread + Sriracha = Spicy Cornbread. There are a few original and good sounding recipes, but definitely the bulk of the book is filler with normal common recipes with a tablespoon or so of sriracha thrown in.
I don't have any regrets buying this book. Sriracha is great, and I'm happy to support the author, but to be honest I wasn't impressed with the book either. It will be something I'll proudly own as a Sriracha fan, but after skimming through the book once I doubt I'll use it again.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
So hot right now Feb 08, 2011
By hookedonwinter
I pre-ordered this cookbook, and threw a dinner party right when it arrived. We made the fruit salad, baked mac & cheese, seared ahi tuna, and bleeding mary's. What a night! The recipes are all fantastic, and different. It's not just "here are your normal recipes, plus sriracha". They are creative, different, and delicious.
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