A delicious and informative taste of Vietnam

Are you looking for a taste of Southeast Asia? Looking for something you can create in your own kitchen? Look no further! Grab a copy of The Banh Mi Handbook: Recipes for Crazy Delicious Vietnamese Sandwiches by Andrea Nguyen.

This beautiful recipe handbook includes gorgeous photography, recipes that will suit any palate, flavored with history of the Vietnamese culture and how it adapted harmful colonial influence into it’s own soul- in a positive way. This cookbook, published by Ten Speed Press of Berkley, instructs one in the creation of a banh mi from what to look for when purchasing bread to how to make the banh mi rolls from scratch. It doesn’t stop there, however. The next chapter includes many recipes for condiments including homemade mayonnaise, sriracha aioli, and even some garlic yogurt sauce. You aren’t done yet, do not forget the pickles! Citrusy red cabbage pickles or snow pea and lemongrass pickles are only a couple options that are illustrated- complete with recipe!

The Banh Mi Handbook goes on to cover options for the meat component, including a few vegetarian options. Some of the amazing recipes include crispy drunken chicken, spicy wok seared shrimp, caramel sauce pulled pork, coconut curry tofu, and lemongrass sriracha tempeh. For those who do not care for bread or cannot tolerate gluten, there are several other options in the chapter entitled Alternative Banh Mi, which include salad recipes and wrap recipes that utilize a traditional Viet wrapping of food in lettuce.

This amazing book, more than worthy of a five star rating, should find its way to your shelves!