Cookbook Giveaway – Chicken in the Mango Tree

April 11, 2017 by
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Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village by Jeffrey Alford is part memoir and part cookbook which documents his journey from Toronto to Kravan, a small village in rural Thailand. He shares the journey that led him to his new life in this village that he shares with his partner, Pea, a talented forager, gardener and cook.

For more information on this cookbook, please see our review and recipe post.
 
We are pleased to offer two copies of this title to our EYB Members in the US and Canada.
 
One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post:

What recipe in the index appeals to you?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won’t be counted. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on May 16th, 2017. 

 

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  • SilverSage  on  April 11, 2017

    The Birthday Noodles sound good!

  • lgroom  on  April 11, 2017

    I'll try the omelet with shallots.

  • jdub1371  on  April 11, 2017

    Being an egg lover, first on my list would be the Omelet with shallots.

  • lascatx  on  April 11, 2017

    Not original, but I'm going with birthday noodles too.

  • AGENT99  on  April 11, 2017

    I'm curious about the Birthday Noodles!

  • LJStubbs  on  April 11, 2017

    I'd try the Green curry with chicken first!

  • sfstorhaug  on  April 11, 2017

    Well I'm always excited about a new book from Jeffrey Alford. The birthday noodles sound like a winner.

  • IslandgirlOK  on  April 11, 2017

    The Green Papaya Salad.

  • Nhcookingdiva  on  April 11, 2017

    Clams with basil and garlic sounds great!

  • rchesser  on  April 11, 2017

    Birthday noodles (Khanom jin) looks great!

  • heyjude  on  April 11, 2017

    Stir-fried cucumbers

  • dkazmercyk  on  April 11, 2017

    Birthday Noodels!

  • meggan  on  April 11, 2017

    Mmmm – spicy mushroom salad.

  • AnnaZed  on  April 11, 2017

    I want to make Green papaya salad (Som tam) (page 18)
    from Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village by Jeffrey Alford

  • Siegal  on  April 11, 2017

    I love green papay sald

  • CindyinOttawa  on  April 11, 2017

    Definitely Green curry with chicken (Gaeng keow wan gai) (although tempted by the grasshoppers and crickets…not!). I'd love to make a green curry – I always choose red in restaurants.

  • CindyinOttawa  on  April 11, 2017

    I read cookbooks like other people read novels, so I'm always excited when the recipes or the book in general includes stories related to the recipes or cuisine. It usually makes me want to try the recipes even more.

  • mamabrat  on  April 11, 2017

    I am interested in the Green curry with chicken

  • sir_ken_g  on  April 11, 2017

    Fried pork ribs!

  • trudys_person  on  April 11, 2017

    Birthday Noodles! (And I probably won't be sourcing crickets any time soon …)

  • cezovski  on  April 12, 2017

    Spicy ground pork (Laab moo) sounds good!
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  • dbielick  on  April 12, 2017

    Rice noodles in brown gravy with seafood

  • lhudson  on  April 13, 2017

    Shallow-Fried Pork Spareribs

  • monique.potel  on  April 13, 2017

    Green curry with chicken (Gaeng keow wan gai)
    sounds so good my mouth is watering

  • love2chow  on  April 13, 2017

    Green curry with chicken (Gaeng keow wan gai)

  • sarahawker  on  April 13, 2017

    Crispy fried tilapia (Pla nin tort)

  • Karla123  on  April 13, 2017

    I'm a big mushroom fan, so I would easily try the "spicy mushroom salad."

  • gourmet.jo  on  April 14, 2017

    Green papaya salad- always

  • bstewart  on  April 14, 2017

    I LOVE Thai food. The laab or the tom yum with mushrooms would be first!

  • herby  on  April 14, 2017

    Birthday Noodles

  • kitchenfrolic  on  April 14, 2017

    I'm loving clams right now so I'd definitely want to try making Clams with basil and garlic

  • Uhmandanicole  on  April 15, 2017

    Dark-roasted chile sauce (Nam prik pao)

  • t.t  on  April 15, 2017

    Green papaya salad

  • Julia  on  April 15, 2017

    Spicy ground pork Laab Moo.

  • thecharlah  on  April 16, 2017

    Red ant egg salad (Khai mot daeng)

  • motherofpearl81  on  April 17, 2017

    MMM mmm MMM Clams with basil and garlic (Hoi lai bai horapa)

  • Siegal  on  April 17, 2017

    How to cook crickets lol

  • JanScholl  on  April 18, 2017

    my grand kids love sticky rice, so I will have to make that with one of the veggie dishes. They are two and don't like meat yet.

  • fiarose  on  April 18, 2017

    mm, mushrooms with holy basil, or shrimp dancing, or wow, red ant egg salad!

  • kimtrev  on  April 18, 2017

    Tom yam with mushrooms

  • MmeFleiss  on  April 18, 2017

    The laab for sure.

  • mph993  on  April 20, 2017

    Laab moo – spicy ground pork

  • lebarron2001  on  April 20, 2017

    Shallow Fried Pork Spareribs

  • pandapotamus  on  April 20, 2017

    spicy mushroom salad!

  • ballen  on  April 21, 2017

    fried rice

  • Dmartin997  on  April 21, 2017

    Tom Yam with mushrooms. My family loves Tom Yam.

  • chiquidu  on  April 21, 2017

    Would love to learn how to make the green papaya salad.

  • artmarcia  on  April 21, 2017

    Omelet with shallots (Khai jiao)–love omelets, love shallots, love Thai food.

  • sequoia55  on  April 22, 2017

    Birthday noodles

  • cocecitycook  on  April 22, 2017

    Tom Yam sounds delicious.

  • earthnfire  on  April 22, 2017

    Dark-roasted chile sauce (Nam prik pao)

  • RSW  on  April 22, 2017

    Birthday noodles

  • edyenicole  on  April 22, 2017

    The vegetable platter (Pak) sounds yummy.

  • Mivas  on  April 22, 2017

    Spicy ground pork

  • lindaeatsherbooks  on  April 22, 2017

    I would make my favourite som tam (green papaya salad).

  • hellmanmd  on  April 23, 2017

    I love noodles, so I'd make ladna thalay.

  • LAURA1960LOVESTOCOOK  on  April 24, 2017

    Omelet with shallots

  • skipeterson  on  April 26, 2017

    Green papaya salad (Som tam).

  • Teruska  on  April 26, 2017

    Mushrooms with holy basil (Pad gaprao het) My wife can't wait to taste/use Holy Basil!

  • lpatterson412  on  April 30, 2017

    Green Curry with Chicken sounds interesting!

  • imaluckyducky  on  April 30, 2017

    Tom yam with mushrooms

  • auntietina  on  May 14, 2017

    Green papaya salad, one of my favorite things.

  • talieUS  on  May 15, 2017

    The Shrimp dancing….just for the name!

  • MattPat11  on  May 15, 2017

    Spicy salad with cockles

  • ebs  on  May 16, 2017

    I'd probably try the laab moo first, though it all looks good – except maybe the insect oriented recipes

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