Adam Liaw: Asian Home Cooking
ABOUT THE SHOW
One of the most common mistakes in cooking is trying to learn a new cuisine from its restaurant food. In Asian Home Cooking, the new kitchen bible from one of Australia’s most trusted and venerated cooks and food writers, Adam Liaw takes us through how real home cooks – not restaurant chefs – cook across 250 homestyle recipes from 27 Asian countries. This is the missing link that will help you truly master Asian cooking at home once and for all.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Adam Liaw has been cooking Asian cuisines his whole life. Born in Penang, Malaysia to a Singaporean mother and a Hainanese Chinese father, he has mixed Chinese, English, French and Indonesian heritage. He migrated to Australia as a child with his family in the 1980s and grew up in Adelaide, South Australia with his seven brothers and sisters. Through his early years, he spent his time between Australia, Malaysia and his mother’s home in Beijing, China. In his twenties, he moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he lived and worked for seven years. He has presented and produced multiple award-winning television programs, including The Cook Up with Adam Liaw, Recipe of the Year, the multiple AACTA award-winning Destination Flavour, and the Audible Original series How Taste Changed the World. He is the food editor of Sunday Life magazine, a columnist for Good Food, and the author of eleven cookbooks, including Two Asian Kitchens, Asian After Work, Adam Liaw’s Asian Cookery School, Tonight’s Dinner and 7 Days of Dinner.
Adam is UNICEF Australia’s National Ambassador for Nutrition, and in 2016 was appointed an official Goodwill Ambassador for Japanese Cuisine by the Japanese government. He holds university degrees in science and law, and with more than 2 million followers across his social media platforms, Adam is one of the most prominent voices in Asian cuisines. He lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife Asami, and their children, Christopher, Anna and Benji.
Rebecca Levingston is a respected journalist and radio presenter who worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for 20 years. As a presenter on ABC Radio Brisbane she lead thoughtful, engaging conversations with people all over the world – bringing curiosity, warmth and insight to the stories that shape local communities. Throughout her career with ABC Radio Brisbane, Rebecca hosted every daytime program but her 5 years anchoring Mornings remains a highlight. Plus the one time she jumped into Richard Fidler’s chair on Conversations for a live event interviewing Molly Meldrum. She loves to talk, but more importantly, she listens.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Adam Liaw has been cooking Asian cuisines his whole life. Born in Penang, Malaysia to a Singaporean mother and a Hainanese Chinese father, he has mixed Chinese, English, French and Indonesian heritage. He migrated to Australia as a child with his family in the 1980s and grew up in Adelaide, South Australia with his seven brothers and sisters. Through his early years, he spent his time between Australia, Malaysia and his mother’s home in Beijing, China. In his twenties, he moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he lived and worked for seven years. He has presented and produced multiple award-winning television programs, including The Cook Up with Adam Liaw, Recipe of the Year, the multiple AACTA award-winning Destination Flavour, and the Audible Original series How Taste Changed the World. He is the food editor of Sunday Life magazine, a columnist for Good Food, and the author of eleven cookbooks, including Two Asian Kitchens, Asian After Work, Adam Liaw’s Asian Cookery School, Tonight’s Dinner and 7 Days of Dinner.
Adam is UNICEF Australia’s National Ambassador for Nutrition, and in 2016 was appointed an official Goodwill Ambassador for Japanese Cuisine by the Japanese government. He holds university degrees in science and law, and with more than 2 million followers across his social media platforms, Adam is one of the most prominent voices in Asian cuisines. He lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife Asami, and their children, Christopher, Anna and Benji.
Rebecca Levingston is a respected journalist and radio presenter who worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for 20 years. As a presenter on ABC Radio Brisbane she lead thoughtful, engaging conversations with people all over the world – bringing curiosity, warmth and insight to the stories that shape local communities. Throughout her career with ABC Radio Brisbane, Rebecca hosted every daytime program but her 5 years anchoring Mornings remains a highlight. Plus the one time she jumped into Richard Fidler’s chair on Conversations for a live event interviewing Molly Meldrum. She loves to talk, but more importantly, she listens.
