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Chef Jam Sanitchat delivers a charming love letter in the form of a cookbook to the Austin community she has embraced, supported, and fed since 2008

Thai Fresh Beloved Recipes from a South Austin Icon

JAM SANITCHAT AND KIM LANE, WITH PHOTOS BY JODY HORTON

JAM SANITCHAT Austin, Texas

Born and raised in Thailand, Sanitchat hails from a family of skilled cooks. She moved to the United States to pursue a degree at the University of Texas, fell in love with Austin and the local food culture, and has fed the community ever since.

KIM LANE Austin, Texas

Kim Lane is a former editor of the James Beard award–winning magazine Edible Austin, a commentator for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and a contributor to various publications.

JODY HORTON Austin, Texas

Jody Horton is an award-winning food and lifestyle photographer.

release date | september 8.25 x 10.25 inches, 224 pages, 101 color photos Found within the eclectic South Austin neighborhood of Bouldin Creek is Thai Fresh, a gluten-free bakery, coffeehouse, vegan ice cream mecca, and, most importantly, Thai restaurant and learning center. Chef Jam Sanitchat built this culinary complex and teaching space piece by piece by expanding into neighboring spaces, forging relationships with local growers and producers, and adding new facets to her culinary repertoire as time and money allowed. The result is a wildly successful amalgam of food, beverages, and services that probably shouldn’t work together but somehow does.

Thai Fresh is the roadmap to that success. Follow Jam from her early days of cooking for friends during graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, to her popular farmers market stand, to her current establishment. Along the way, she taught thousands of people the art of cooking Thai cuisine, and fed eager crowds at countless cultural and community events. Discover why this collection of Jam’s top-selling and most sought-after recipes, like ThaiStyle Chicken and Waffle and The ULTIMATE Sauce—all stunningly captured by James Beard award–winning photographer Jody Horton—was requested by, and 100 percent funded by, her loyal community.

ISBN 978-1-4773-2222-2 $35.00 | £27.99 | C$52.50 hardcover

Grandmother’s favorite—Hor Mok, Steamed Red Curry Fish Custard.

Left page, top: Drunken Linguini Noodles with Calamari—an alcohol-free dish thought to have been created for those enjoying many adult beverages; bottom: Miang Kam—Savory Leaf-Bites with Tangy-Sweet Sauce—the perfect dish for gatherings because everyone gets to customize their own bites.

Top: Classic Pad Thai—prepare to encounter long lines in Thailand for this street-food delight; bottom: Sanitchat admits she’ll happily drive eight hours for a comforting bowl of Kao Soi—Northern-Style Egg Noodle Curry.