Eat Real Vietnamese Food: A Step by Step Guide to the Classic Cuisine of Vietnam
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0986252034 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Nguyen writes in a simple prose that encourages the reader with practical tips: "To get a good looking roll, you must press tightly, but not so tight as to tear the rice paper (use all your fingers!)." For anyone interested in making Vietnamese food the way that Nguyen's mother would have (mostly) made it, this cookbook delivers a thorough and beautifully compiled set of suggestions. A delightful collection of Vietnamese dishes from the 1950s.From Midwest Book ReviewThere are already many cookbooks about Vietnamese food on the market today; so why the need for yet another introduction to the subject? It will quickly be evident that Eat Real Vietnamese Food is different, with an unusual approach presented in a p
So, I decided to sort it out and write down those she thought were the best version for each of her specialties. They didn't always have access to authentic Southern cuisine: old classics were modified, sometimes happily reinterpreted, sometimes badly misunderstood. This book's ambition is to be a time capsule from the middle of the last century, when Vietnamese cuisine was still influenced by French culture, and before it evolved radically with the arrival of immigrants from the North. A full color, mouth watering photo of the finished dish along with an ingredients list and some historical information appears on the left page, and the detailed, illustrated step-by-step directions are found on the right. Vietnam has had a long, restless history, and the 20th century was particularly turbulent. We decided to focus on my mom's domain of expertise: Vietnamese food from the early 50s. Ninety recipes are fully presented followed by a two special sections. Any undertaking of mine has a tendency toward "mission creep," as my husband will readily tell you, and this one was no exception. Later in the century, more changes followed with the American presence, and yet more with the new affluence of peacetime. But, why do we need another Vietnamese cookbook? The author, award winning cookbook writer Lien Nguyen, explains:This book started as a quiet, seemingly innocuous project: a few years ago, I decided to learn more about Vietnamese cooking, because, after al