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Summary: easiest Asian cookbook ever
Review: At the time I bought this book, I bought 2 other Asian cookbooks. I've never even opened them as I have tried recipe after recipe from The Vietnamese Cookbook. The recipes are dead easy, delicious, and the ingredients are easily obtainable. And...most of the recipes are low fat. What more could you want?
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Summary: Fast, Easy Vietnamese Home Recipes
Review: Diana My Tran's unassuming cookbook is a real treasure for several reasons:
1) Recipes are easy and tasty!
3) Lots of Vietnamese dishes that are ubiquitous in the home but uncommon in Vietnamese restaurants.
2) No boring, pretentious, affected prose about how charming life in Vietnam was before the war a la Mai Pham.
4) Recipes do not compromise authenicity but their flavor profiles should appeal to the Western palate.
5) Color photographs of the star of any cookbook - the food.I am Vietnamese and I've bought all of the popular Vietnamese cookbooks on Amazon. This slim little book by a woman who is not a professional chef is the best one out there for all of the reasons above. It's not a perfect 10 because Diana My Tran doesn't use caramel sauce and recipes like Ginger Chicken and Caramel Shrimp should start with caramel sauce. Honey just doesn't work -- you're better not even attempting it. Also the Pho Bo recipe is way too streamlined -- but if you live in a major metropolitan area then there's no reason to make it at home when you can just go to your local noodle house. The best thing about this book is the large number of Vietnamese recipes like Butternut Squash soup that my Vietnamese mother makes (before I bought this book, I thought she invented it) but no restaurant would serve. I recommend it to all of the young Vietnamese people who never learned to cook and also to anyone who's looking flavorful cooking that isn't scary.
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Summary: A terrific introduction to Vietnamese cuisine!
Review: Fine color photos of not only finished dishes but Vietnamese scenes and people pepper a cookbook packed with unusual dishes, from Spicy Lemongrass Pork Chops to Crab Tomato Soup and Cashew Chicken. A great start for newcomers to the cuisine!
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Summary: Great for beginners
Review: First of all, I'm Vietnamese. Second of all, I grew up in America and never bothered to learn how to cook. I recently married and found that I couldn't live the rest of my life eating my husband's cooking. I also wanted to expose my stepson to Vietnamese food. I bought this book as a starting point. I was very surprised to see that I had not heard of a lot of the dishes included in this book. A lot of the food I grew up with and find in restaurants were not included. The dishes that I did have needed a little bit of tweeking in order for it to taste Authentic to me. For example, the nuoc cham dipping sauce in the book is made with lemon juice. It didn't taste correctly when I made it that way. I called my mom and found that she uses vinegar. It tastes much better and lasts much longer in the fridge that way. Also, the Clear Vegetable Soup recipe needed a little bit of sugar. I feel that the book is a great starting point, but I personally have marked up the book with my mother's adjustments so that the food tastes like home.
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Summary: The Greatest Gift EVER~!!!!
Review: I am a sophmore in college and i received this book as a gift for christmas last year. Usually i don't have the patience or the time to cook a nice meal. My typical meal is basically something from a fast food restaurant. BUT, now since i have gotten this book i have started to cook delicious vietnamese entrees everyday. Not only is it quick and easy, but also i have lost a few pounds, which is a plus~!!! I would recomend this book to anybody who wants to loose the extra weight while eating great food, and/or who wants to cook a meal quickly. If i can cook this than anybody can do it... I hope to see another book by Diana My Tran!!
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Summary: Great everyday Vietnamese cookbook
Review: I come from a Vietnamese family but was raised in a small Wisconsin town. Growing up, my mom would make Vietnamese dishes along with standard American fare. Although the supermarkets in the area did not have available all the necessary ingredients to make authentic Vietnamese dishes, my mom found comparable replacements. I never cooked that much to begin with, but when I got older and lived away from my folks, I wanted to try my hand at Vietnamese cooking and found this book while I was a student in Washington DC. I've tried many of the recipes in this cookbook and found them easy to follow and the results tasted quite good. Also, I thought it was especially helpful that the author used ingredients that could be found almost anywhere in the U.S. and explained or had pictures of what some of the ingredients were (I had never seen actual lemongrass until I moved to DC!). So, I recommend this book to anyone interested in trying out Vietnamese cooking.
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Summary: easiest Asian cookbook ever
Review: I love this cookbook! It is very easy to follow and descriptive. The recipes are quick and they turn out great. I look forward to making something new each day from this cookbook. I definitely recommend this cookbook to others who want to try Vietnamese cooking for themselves.
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Summary: Delicious and easy cooking
Review: I love this cookbook! It is very easy to follow and descriptive. The recipes are quick and they turn out great. I look forward to making something new each day from this cookbook. I definitely recommend this cookbook to others who want to try Vietnamese cooking for themselves.
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Summary: VIETNAMESE FOOD PREPARATION FOR DUMMIES
Review: I LOVE TO COOK, AND I COLLECT COOKBOOKS. THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE EASIEST COOKBOOKS TO USE AND FOLLOW. THE RECIPES ARE EASY TO PREPARE AND DELICIOUS. I DON'T MIND SHORTCUTS TO SAVE TIME. I HAVE A VERY BUSY HOUSEHOLD WITH LITTLE TIME FOR TEDIOUS RECIPES. THE VIETNAMESE COOKBOOK PROVIDES TASTY GOURMET RECIPES THAT ARE QUICK TO PREPARE, WITH ALL THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE I NEED TO COOK QUICKLY, AND STILL PRESENT AN AUTHENTIC VIETNAMESE MEAL. GOOD FOR YOU, DIANA TRAN. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.
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Summary: I love it~!!!!
Review: i received this book as a gift and it is the best gift i ever had! I am very busy and never have time to try to cook vietnamese meals. Thanks to "The Vietnamese Cookbook" i have learned many quick tricks to cook delicious vietnamese dishes and also loose weight. I can't wait for your next book Diana My Tran!!! BRAVO!!!!!
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