A Mouthful of Stars: A Constellation of Favorite Recipes from My World Travels

by Kim Sunée

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Publication Date: May 2014

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Featured Recipe: Pan-Seared Salmon with Pistachio-Herb Goremolata

Food lovers everywhere, prepare your tastebuds for a diverse tasting experience as Kim Sunée brings traditional recipes from around the world to readers’ kitchens in A Mouthful of Stars: A Constellation of Favorite Recipes from My World Travels. The best-selling author of the travel memoir Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home, former food editor Sunée offers up her first cookbook: a curated and personal collection of her interpretation of 80 cherished recipes and cooking discoveries from kitchens across the globe. Sunée’s culinary journey is complete with stories of adventure, poetry, and luscious photography of food and place. A food expert, frequent traveler, and writer, Sunée knows that much of what makes a place unique is the food.

A Mouthful of Stars shares recipes full of rich flavor and tradition from places such as South Korea, North Africa, Paris, Norway, and the southern United States. An expert cook, Sunée adds her own special touch to intricate and delectable dishes, including:

• Basic Fresh Kimchi
• Roasted Tomatillo-Poblano Salsa
• Blanquette de veau
• Spicy Fried Chicken

Readers and cooks everywhere will appreciate the elegance and adventure, both in story and flavor, of A Mouthful of Stars.

A Mouthful of Stars Cookbook Basics:

Hardcover (9.9 x 7.8 inches); Kindle

240 pages; color photos

80 recipes

About the author: Kim Sunée worked as a food editor for Southern Living and Cottage Living and has been featured in the New York Times, Ladies’ Homes Journal, People, ELLE, and Glamour. Her writing has appeared in Food & Wine, The Oxford American, and Asian American Poetry and Writing. Currently based in Anchorage, Alaska, Sunée writes a food column for Alaska Dispatch.

A Mouthful of Stars