The Vietnamese
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Cookbooks
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The Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table - by Mai Pham - As Ken Hom does for Chinese-American cooking, so Mai Pham, owner and chef of the acclaimed Lemongrass Restaurant in Sacramento, CA, does for Vietnamese cooking in The Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table. She brings delicious and authentic Vietnamese recipes to your table through clearly laid out instructions and prefaces each recipe with notes, history of the dish or personal comments that add to the pleasure of cooking. Banana Blossom Salad with Chicken got rave reviews from my husband, and when I cooked the Twice-Cooked Eggplant with Garlic and Basil for company, one man said this is eggplant? I don’t usually like eggplant but this is wonderful - as he went back for seconds. Highly recommended | ||||||||
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The Food of Vietnam - by Marcel Isaak, Thi Chi Trieu - Another in the Periplus Series.. The Food of Vietnam is a good, basic introduction to the region's cooking, ingredients and methods, as well as presenting a sampling of recipes, accompanied by photos. The recipe section begins with common Vietnamese sauces that are referred back to from the rest of the book. The Braised Pumpkin with Coconut Milk and the Banana Blossom Salad with Duck and Ginger were very acceptable. | ||||||||
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The Vietnamese Collection - by Jackum Brown, Dan Wallace - There are some good, simple recipes in the Vietnamese Collection. I would not have this as my only Vietnamese cookbook, but it is a nice addition. This book uses U.K. measures (oz. and fl. oz.) instead of cups - may be not as easy for people used to U.S. measures. Other than that, the recipes are clearly laid out and instructions straightforward. Many photos. | ||||||||
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Vietnamese Home Cooking - by Carmack, Corlou, Nguyen - From “The Essential Asian Kitchen” Home Cooking series. The book begins with a very helpful pictorial glossary of ingredients and some step-by-step “how to” pages. There are not a great number of recipes, but certainly enough (book is 128 pages), and they seem authentic to me, utilizing ingredients such as sawtooth leaf plant, lotus leaves and seeds, Chinese chives. The Banana Flower Salad, the Sugarcane Shrimp and the Crab and Asparagus Soup all turned out great. The authors supply helpful hints and suggest substitutions for hard to find ingredients. Vietnamese Home Cooking is fully illustrated, making it good for those who like to see the finished dishes. | ||||||||
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Quick & Easy Vietnamese: 75 Everyday Recipes - by Nancie McDermott - This book is what is says it is and surprisingly, the Chicken Simmered in Carmel Sauce tasted just like the dish I used to get in a great little Vietnamese restaurant in Chicago. This cookbook does not go into great depth about Vietnamese cooking but would be a good, simple introductory book.. It would also be good for those on the go. Quite a few photos. | ||||||||
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