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The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking: Favorite Recipes from Lemon Grass Restaurant and...
by Mai Pham
Available from Amazon
$15.61
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Features
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles October 11, 1995
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0761500162
ISBN-13: 978-0761500162
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
Mai Pham has woven wonderful memories between the recipes of this beautiful book: memories of her childhood in Bangkok, her Vietnamese family and their reverence for good food, her husband's search for the best pho recipe in Saigon. The recipes themselves are light, healthy, and loaded with the unique flavors -- strong and delicate, tangy and mild, sweet and mouth-puckeringly sour, always exotic and delicious -- of Southeast Asia. Pham owns the Lemon Grass Restaurant and Cafes in Sacramento, and is a well-known teacher of Southeast Asian cooking.
Product Review
Light, Fresh, Exotic, and Delicious!
Reader Reviews
As can be gathered from the reviews below, there is some disagreement as to whether the recipes in Mai Pham's cookbook represent "authentic" Thai and/or Vietnamese cooking. I'm neither Thai nor Vietnamese, but my guess would be that the recipes, which come largely from Pham's American restaurant, have been adapted somewhat to appeal to non-native palates (the spice level in the Thai recipes seems low, for example). Those looking for "authentic" Thai or Vietnamese recipes may want to look elsewhere. That having been said, I sometimes find the authenticity fetish a bit much. If you read Pham's chapter introductions, you discover that she is a woman who has moved around a great deal, and her cooking has been influenced by multiple native traditions. Cooking in America is a real melting pot venture, and while this has led to some deserved ribbing from those whose countries have more developed palates, it has also led to a dynamic, creative treatment of food. I think Pham's work falls on the positive side of this dichotomy. To put it plainly, her recipes taste good, are well written and tested, and combine different cuisines with good results. Her recipes are not fusion, and are not ground-breaking in the way of those of say, Ming Tsai, but they are simple and tasty.
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The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking: Favorite Recipes from Lemon Grass Restaurant and...
by Mai Pham
Available from Amazon
$15.61
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