Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen - ISBN: 9781580086653
Hardcover
Family recipes preserved: Discover the soul of Vietnamese cooking.

Into the Vietnamese Kitchen

Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors [A Cookbook]

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  • Hardcover

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2006

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Summary

Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors

JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST . IACP AWARD FINALIST .

An intimate collection of more than 175 of the finest Vietnamese recipes.

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 deb…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781580086653
ISBN-10:1580086659
Author:Andrea Nguyen, Leigh Beisch, Bruce Cost
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Ten Speed Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 October 2006
Weight:1.50kg
Dimensions:248mm x 237mm x 29mm
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Critics Review

IACP Finalist James Beard Award nominee

IACP FinalistJames Beard Award nominee“Andrea Nguyen may be to Vietnamese food what Julia Child was to French fare and Barbara Tropp to Chinese cuisine.”—Chicago Tribune“Best for: Anyone who wants to fall in love—truly, madly, deeply—with Vietnamese food.”—San Jose Mercury News“[A] smart, soulful collection of Vietnamese recipes.”—Saveur“A comprehensive take on a delicate yet dynamic cuisine.”—Philadelphia Inquirer“No other author has presented such a detailed account of the culinary abilities of Vietnamese home cooks, and subjects like the role of pickled vegetables and the techniques of charcuterie have never been so clearly explained for a wide audience.”—New York Times“Only now is Vietnamese food culture getting the attention it deserves, and a book of this beauty and seriousness will do much to explain the origins, traditions, and refinement of the country’s cuisine.”—John Mariani’s Virtual Gourmet“Nguyen makes Vietnamese cuisine accessible with this extensive cookbook, which stretches from soup to charcuterie.”—Houston Chronicle“An impressive, carefully researched, and thoroughly readable guide to Vietnamese food and culinary tradition.”—Library Journal

About The Author

Andrea Nguyen

Andrea Nguyen is an author, teacher and consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Vietnam, she came to the United States at the age of six. Andrea’s food writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Saveur, and Rodale’s Organic Life where she is also a contributing editor.

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