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Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors
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Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.59597
EAN: 9781580086653
ISBN: 1580086659
Label: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 344
Publication Date: 2006-09-05
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press
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When author Andrea Nguyen's family was airlifted out of Saigon in 1975, one of the few belongings that her mother hurriedly packed for the journey was her small orange notebook of recipes. Thirty years later, Nguyen has written her own intimate collection of recipes, "Into the Vietnamese Kitchen", an ambitious debut cookbook that chronicles the food traditions of her native country. Robustly flavoured yet delicate, sophisticated yet simple, the recipes include steamy phonoodle soups infused with the aromas of fresh herbs and lime; rich clay-pot preparations of catfish, chicken, and pork; classic banh mi sandwiches; and an array of Vietnamese charcuterie. Nguyen helps readers shop for essential ingredients, master core cooking techniques, and prepare and serve satisfying meals, whether for two on a weeknight or 12 on a weekend.
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: disappointed
Comment: i saw that this had 20 5-star reviews so i felt confident, yet i was disappointed that this book did not contain several of my favorite vietnamese dishes (pho! spring rolls! etc). it also had very few pictures of recipes
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Summary: I'm not impressed
Comment: I'm Vietnamese, I only went abroad 5 years ago to study but I went back home at least once a year so you can bet that I know how Vietnamese food should taste like!
Before leaving Vietnam, as many other students, I knew many famous food street vendors and I ate there quite often. When dinning out with parents, I went to upscale restaurants like Daewoo, Sofitel so I'm confident that I know how GOOD Vietnamese food should taste like!
However, I'm disappointed about this "Into the Vietnamese Kitchen" book. It's probably the worst investment I've ever made in cook books. The techniques are long and inefficient, the taste is really not good. I've never bought any other Vietnamese cook books so I can't say whether there's any better ones than this. But recently I discovered many good Vietnamese food blogs where people share their recipes with others. I've learned a lot more from those blogs than this book
The only reason I gave it 2 stars, not 1 is because the pictures are good. I can use it to find inspiration about which Vietnamese food I should cook.
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Summary: It's in the family
Comment: So this is my sister's book so I can't comment on it personally since it would be biased, but I have give several dozen copies to friends and they have give positive feedback to me (maybe they just want to be nice). For many, the recipes were easy to duplicate and "tasty" in their representation. A number of my vietnamese friends use it daily in their kitchen as a resource guide to plan their daily meals.
I hope that everyone at least go to their public library or find a friend that has a copy and try one to two recipes out, then you can make up your own mind if :
1. Vietnamese cooking is for you
and
2. This cookbook is for you.
Happy cooking
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Summary: Wonderful introduction to Vietnamese Cooking
Comment: I just wanted to say that this is easily my favorite cookbook. I was new to cooking vietnamese when I bought this and it made cooking vietnamese food accessible to me. With pictures and descriptions of common ingredients, beautiful photos of finished foods, and detailed history accompanying the recipes, you really learn about the food you are cooking. The recipes are great and from what little I know from eating in vietnamese restaurants taste very authentic. My friend who was born in vietnam has served as my guinea pig and said she was surprised a lazy white kid could make authentic-tasting pho :) One other nice point is that, while she provides detailed description of the traditional (and usually time-consuming) ways to make the dishes, she often describes alternate "quick and dirty" methods for when you are in a time crunch. I would also like to add that I checked out the author's website ([...]) and it has some nice additional recipes and other adjuncts to the book. Anyway, hope this helps, and happy cooking...
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Summary: Adaptable
Comment: The book is wonderful. I used the book as a basic principles and adapt it to the way I want it to taste.
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