Thai Symphonies - Hardcover

Hamilton, Sao: - Sao began cooking at an early age by helping her mother both in her own kitchen at home and in her family's cooking business in Bangkok. Sao's commitment to cooking led her to enrol in Thai baking school and to work in the catering business. She has been cooking and baking daily ever since, as well as entertaining friends at home. Sao loves browsing through cookbooks, visiting fresh markets, tasting new cuisines and watching cooking programmes all of which provide her inspiration. She does a lot of research on ingredients, methods and flavours to ensure the dishes turn out just right. She is continually learning and developing new skills and techniques to help improve her dishes. She also frequently tests her ideas on her loyal and hungry friends. When it comes to Thai cuisine, Sao's mom inspires her to cook authentic Thai dishes. Her cooking skills and her love of Thai food have developed into a quarter-century career of personal and commercial cooking spanning high school to married life.Feeny, Antony: - Antony Feeny is an experienced business consultant who lived and worked in Thailand and other Asian countries for more than 20 years. He is an economist and accountant who has worked and consulted for his own business and international consultancies on strategic, management and organisational issues with more than fifty public, private and non-profit organisations in over a dozen countries. He has written and edited business books, and recently completed a PhD in Music in London.Arias, Geoffrey: - Geoff is a truly global creative and even more importantly loves Thai food! Geoff cut his creative teethe in small boutique branding agencies in London. When he moved to the Middles East he opened his own design firm, travelled and worked through the region, and discovered the beauty of the Levant. His next move was creating and developing brans in Africa for a leading branding agency in London. Asia was his next move where he worked as Asia Creative lead for the UK Gov Great Brand which introduced him to far reaching countries from Burma to Malaysia and of course Thailand where he first met Sao! He now lives and works in Buenos Aires, Latin America, learning, enjoying and growing as always, so that he can deliver the best design, when his globally based clients call on him.