No comments about Vietnamese Cooking: Explore the traditions, techniques and ingredients, and discover over 50 authentic recipes shown step-by-step in more than 200 stunning colour photographs.

2 comments about Simple Art of Vietnamese Cooking.

1. This was my first Vietnamese cookbook. While it is not quite at the same level as Nicole Routhier's Foods of Vietnam, it is good. Try the Duck with Spicy Eggplant and the Crispy Snapper with Spicy Tomato Sauce (I would use more than one tomato, though).



2. If you're looking for easy to make, delicious vietnamese dishes, this is it. The recipes are easy to follow and the results are surprisingly good. Excellent book for those who like experimenting in their kitchen and who enjoy the taste of authentic vietnamese cuisine.

1 comments about Introduction To Asian Cooking (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks).

1. I am the author of this cookbook.
   
   First of all, although the description does not mention it, this book also contains a detailed sushi section. It gives clear instructions on how to make great sushi at home, including how to make sushi rice, how to cut sushi, and how to make several different rolls. A detailed glossary explains different kinds of sushi, and the book also tells where someone can get great quality sushi on-line.
   
   The book also contains traditional recipes from China (stir fries and dim sum), Thailand, Vietnam, & Japan.
   
   Recipes include:
   How to make great white rice
   Red Bean Sesame Ball (Dim Sum)
   Shao Mai (Dim Sum)
   Pad Thai (Thailand)
   Larb (Thailand)
   Sticky Rice (Thailand)
   Bun Bo Hue (Vietnam)
   Bun Rieu (Vietnam)
   Fresh Spring Rolls & 2 sauces (Vietnam)
   Catfish in a Claypot (Vietnam)
   Pho (Vietnam)
   Sushi Rice
   
   Detailed glossaries explain ingredients and often brand names are suggested. There is a list of websites of where to get ingredients, including fresh ones like fresh lemongrass & galanga, as well as equipment.
   
   The recipes are written so that the novice Asian cook can immediately cook good Asian food. The more experienced Asian chef will appreciate the combination of recipes given.
   
   The recipes are not "Americanized"- they use traditional, authentic ingredients such as galanga (galangal), lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and fish sauce. Again, websites of where to get all of this are listed.

No comments about Celebrity Chefs' Cookbooks: Vietnamese Soul Food.

No comments about The Flavours of Vietnam.

1 comments about Cuisines of Southeast Asia: Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Burmese & More (California Culinary Academy).

1. The recipes in this book are very well written and easy to follow. There is a section describing unfamiliar ingredients, and the lesser know cuisines of Southeast Asia such as Burmese and Cambodian have some very good representative dishes. Just about every recipe is usable, and there are some very exotic specialties such as Burmese tea leaf salad. The photography is excellent. I'd highly recommend this book.

1 comments about Coffee Love: 50 Ways to Drink Your Java.

1. I was going to pass this book up -- I have too many coffee books that say the same things in different ways. Thankfully, this book deviates from the "said this, said that" and as author Daniel Young puts it, "This book takes a wide view of bean universe via close-ups of coffee subjects...."
   
   Those "close-ups" are in the form of a brief (thankfully!) introduction/overview of coffee's origins, roasting, caffeine content, brewing, tasting, choosing a coffeemaker, and water's importance to coffee. Divided into 5 chapters:
   
   The Espresso Bar
   National Brews
   Coffeehouse Culture
   Coffee Milks and Shakes
   Spirits and Cocktails
   
   the chapters are full of international coffee recipes interspersed with interesting sidebars: the difference between a latte and a cappuccino, profiles of master baristas, and narrations of Young's experiences in cafes around the world.
   
   A short book that can be leisurely read in an hour, the thick pages are colored in muted tones from tan to taupe evoking coffee's various color incarnations, each page displaying a coffee brewing method and gotta-try-it-now coffee recipes that include tiramisu coffee (the 2004 World Barista Championship drink of the year), Caffe Marocchino (unknown to the world but wildly popular in Italy), and a coffee milk recipe from a coffee syrup so good that Young writes "... I was tempted to go into the espresso syrup business."
   
   I regard this book as highly as I do Michael Turback's Hot Chocolate" and "Mocha." If you're a coffee lover who appreciates new coffee knowledge (and recipes!) then you'll like this book.

2 comments about The Best of Nicole Routhier.

1. I make many of these recipes over & over. The chicken and mint salad is outstanding even without the chicken. An excellent nuoc cham. Another favorite is Vietnamese-style scrambled eggs. Yum, yum, yum.



2. This book is a Vietnamese recipe book. It contains the author's favorite Vietnamese recipes. Many of the recipes are new, and many of them are also found within Foods of Vietnam.

No comments about Little Vietnam.

No comments about Vietnamese Food & Cooking.