Eat Real Vietnamese Food: A Step by Step Guide to the Classic Cuisine of Vietnam
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0986252034 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. They didn't always have access to authentic Southern cuisine: old classics were modified, sometimes happily reinterpreted, sometimes badly misunderstood. Later in the century, more changes followed with the American presence, and yet more with the new affluence of peacetime. Vietnam has had a long, restless history, and the 20th century was particularly turbulent. It is part of my parents' cultural legacy and, for me, it is the classic cuisine of Vietnam. Vietnamese chefs are notoriously secretive concerning their recipes.Each recipe is presented with clear, easy to follow, illustrated step-by-step directions as well as the historical background of the dish.This book is a high quality production: full color in hard cover format with a dust jacket. The first describes in detail the preparation of the various sauces and accompaniments for the dishes, and the second describes in detail the vario
From Kirkus Reviews--A cookbook preserves Vietnamese recipes from the mid-20th century. The 1950s were a time of change in Vietnam. Nguyen even includes some dishes that are not technically period appropriate--like bông bí la?n bô?t chiên (zucchini blossom fritters)--but that are prepared according to traditional Vietnamese methods. As migrants from the northern part of the country moved south, the cuisines of the two regions met and mutated to form new versions of old dishes. The French