Recipes from My Vietnamese Kitchen - Uyen Luu

Recreate authentic Vietnamese food in your own home, guided by celebrated chef Uyen Luu. Learn how to strike the perfect balance between sweet, sour, salty, bitter, hot and umami through this wonderful collection of recipes. Discover not-to-be-missed recipes such as pho, banh mi baguettes and ever popular summer rolls. Uyen guides you through chapters such as Breakfast, Soups, Snacks, Noodles, Lunch & Dinner and Desserts, weaving in tales of etiquette, personal history and tradition, providing evocative photos of her travels throughout.  Recipes from My Vietnamese Kitchen is a collection of recipes passed down through Uyen's family. Uyen was born in Saigon, before leaving Vietnam in the aftermath of the war. She regularly travels back to visit family and pick up more recipes for dishes found in the homes and on the streets of Vietnam. The recipes in the book tell a story – about Uyen’s family and the culture of food in Vietnam. Recipes from My Vietnamese Kitchen is a fantastic new edition of the previously published My Vietnamese Kitchen. About the Author Uyen Luu is a writer, cook, photographer, and food and prop stylist. She trained in fine art film and video at Central St Martins. She runs supperclubs and Vietnamese cooking classes in her Hackney home, and writes and blogs about food, recipes and travel. She writes for Time Out and her recipes have appeared in the Evening Standard.