Hot Sour Salty Sweet: The Corridor's Unifying Balance
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Description
The title of Duguid and Alford's book is itself the most efficient description of the flavour principle that unifies the Mekong corridor's culinary traditions. Every preparation in every tradition documented in the book operates on some version of this four-register balance — and the variations between traditions can be largely described in terms of which register dominates and which seasoning agents provide each register.
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Flavour Context
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