Exotic cuisines require ingredients, techniques, and philosophies unfamiliar to many budding cooks. For fans of Thai food, 4 Paws of Crab takes up where static cookbooks leave off. This CD-ROM includes 45 Thai recipes with how-to videos and cross-references to an ingredient glossary that includes photos. To provide cultural context, 4 Paws of Crab contains political histories of the U.S. and Thailand and video diaries of a Thai and an American visiting each other's countries for the first time. $44.95. 800-454-7557 or 510-654-7480.