The Vietnamese market cookbook : spicy, sour, sweet

Salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and spicy. Vietnamese culinary culture is both rich and light, deeply flavorful yet with simple ingredients, and filling but also easy to prepare. In Vietnamese Market Cookbook the recipes are simpler than you might think: they rely heavily on vegetables, seafood, lean meats, spices, chiles, and a small stable of Vietnamese standby ingredients like fish sauce. Along the way, authors Tran and Vu share intimate food memories of their mothers, their families, and themselves.-- Read more... Abstract: Deeply food and stories of Vietnam, from Hanoi natives-turned-London restaurateurs. Read more... Bring the Flavor of Vietnam to Your Kitchen Salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and spicy: these are the flavorful tenets of Vietnamese cuisine. This exhilarating culinary culture is rich but light, deeply flavorful but made with simple ingredients, and filling while also easy to prepare. That's the message that authors Van Tran and Anh Vu wanted to bring to a hungry crowd when they opened their banh mi stall in London, an international city that surprisingly lacked the tastes of the authors' childhoods in Hanoi. As their business expanded, The Vietnamese Market Cookbook followed. The recipes are simpler than you might think but explode with the purest flavors of vegetables, seafood, lean meats, spices, chiles, and treasured Vietnamese condiments like fish sauce. Old and new favorites collide: Asparagus and Crabmeat Soup, Papaya Salad with Crispy Anchovies, Claypot Chicken with Ginger, Sea Bass Carpaccio, Kumquat Jasmine Iced Tea, and Crà ̈ Caramel. From chapters like "Sweetness and Happiness" to "Spiciness and Adventure" and "Saltiness and Healing," this lusciously filling book will bring a little bit of Vietnam into your home. Bring the Flavor of Vietnam to Your Kitchen Salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and spicy: these are the flavorful tenets of Vietnamese cuisine. This exhilarating culinary culture is rich but light, deeply flavorful but made with simple ingredients, and filling while also easy to prepare. That's the message that authors Van Tran and Anh Vu wanted to bring to a hungry crowd when they opened their banh mi stall in London, an international city that surprisingly lacked the tastes of the authors' childhoods in Hanoi. As their business expanded, The Vietnamese Market Cookbook followed. The recipes are simpler than you might think but explode with the purest flavors of vegetables, seafood, lean meats, spices, chiles, and treasured Vietnamese condiments like fish sauce. Old and new favorites collide: Asparagus and Crabmeat Soup, Papaya Salad with Crispy Anchovies, Claypot Chicken with Ginger, Sea Bass Carpaccio, Kumquat Jasmine Iced Tea, and Cr?me Caramel. From chapters like ?Sweetness and Happiness" to ?Spiciness and Adventure" and ?Saltiness and Healing," this lusciously filling book will bring a little bit of Vietnam into your home Salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and spicy. Vietnamese culinary culture is both rich and light, deeply flavorful yet with simple ingredients, and filling but also easy to prepare. In Vietnamese Market Cookbook the recipes are simpler than you might think: they rely heavily on vegetables, seafood, lean meats, spices, chiles, and a small stable of Vietnamese standby ingredients like fish sauce. Along the way, authors Tran and Vu share intimate food memories of their mothers, their families, and themselves. From ""Sweetness and Happiness"" to ""Spiciness and Adventure"" and ""Saltiness and Healing, "" Salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and spicy. Vietnamese culinary culture is both rich and light, deeply flavorful yet with simple ingredients, and filling but also easy to prepare. In Vietnamese Market Cookbook the recipes are simpler than you might think: they rely heavily on vegetables, seafood, lean meats, spices, chiles, and a small stable of Vietnamese standby ingredients like fish sauce. Along the way, authors Tran and Vu share intimate food memories of their mothers, their families, and themselves.-- Source other than Library of Congress Content: Sweetness & Happiness -- Sourness & Change -- Spiciness & Adventure -- Bitterness & Perspective -- Saltiness & Healing.