The Pho Cookbook: Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam's Favorite Soup and Noodles

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Vietnam's most beloved culinary export-pho-is now within the reach of any home cook. Winner of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award for "Single Subject" category;;With this comprehensive cookbook, Vietnam's most beloved, aromatic comfort food--the broth and noodle soup known as pho--is now within your reach. ;Author Andrea Nguyen first tasted pho in Vietnam as a child, sitting at a Saigon street stall with her parents. That experience sparked a lifelong love of the iconic noodle soup, long before it became a cult food item in the United States.;Here Andrea dives deep into pho's lively past, visiting its birthplace and then teaching you how to successfully make it at home. Options range from quick weeknight cheats to impressive weekend feasts with broth and condiments from scratch, as well as other pho rice noodle favorites. Over fifty versatile recipes, including snacks, salads, companion dishes, and vegetarian and gluten-free options, welcome everyone to the pho table.;With a thoughtful guide on ingredients and techniques, plus evocative location photography and deep historical knowledge, The Pho Cookbook enables you to make this comforting classic your own.;

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Andrea Nguyen has done the English-speakingworld a tremendous favor with thisbook, the most authoritative guide to phoI've ever seen. It dispels rumors, tells truths,and thoughtfully chronicles Vietnam's richbut underexplored soup culture. Andrea laysout the facts about pho in a way that makesyou slurp them down, and then chases thelessons with a stack of recipes that will sendyou directly to the kitchen. The marriageof purpose and passion that she's broughtto this book is a rare thing.
- DAVID CHANG,coauthor of Momofuku and cofounder ofLucky Peach

Andrea Nguyen is the worlds greatest expertin Vietnamese cooking. Her latest book is astunning and comprehensive guide to pho,that countrys most delicious food. Everythingyou ever wanted to know about pho is here:how to make it, how to eat it, its history,its regional variationsand so much more.All lovers of Asian food need to own thismost extraordinary book.
- JAMES OSELAND,author Cradle of Flavor: Home Cooking from theSpice Islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore

Andrea Nguyen is the kind of writer whodoesnt just show you how to follow herrecipes, she also teaches you how to be abetter cook. This book is a fantastic example.Youll learn how to make delicious pho whilealso gaining a whole new sensibility aroundan unfamiliar pantry. Buy this book. Cookfrom it. You'll end up a far better cook thanyou were before.
- PIM TECHAMUANVIVIT,proprietress of Kin Khao

"Nguyens recipes are a cooks dream: well tested, easy to follow, and written in a friendly, conversational style. This is not unique to The Pho Cookbook; cooking from any of Nguyens books is like listening to an incredibly patient friend explain a recipe over the telephone."
- Lucky Peach

"Nguyen is a master teacher when it comes Vietnams national dish, and in her new book sheprovides meticulously clear instructions for every imaginable varietywe recommend youcook through every chapter."
- Food & Wine

"With the same clarity and care displayed in her previous books, Nguyen guides even the nervous first-time pho navigator to slurp-worthy success."
- NPR.org, Best Books of 2017

"Great for: Pho addicts or home cooks enamored with fragrant broths and Vietnamese comfort food."
- Bay Area News Group

"For lovers of pho, the hearty and delicious Vietnamese noodle soup, this is a wonderfully approachable guide to making your own at home."
- NPR's Here & Now Best Cookbooks of 2017

Author Bio

ANDREA NGUYENis an author, teacher, and consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Vietman, she came to the United States at the age of six. Her first book, a children's book, chronicles that journey. She has written a number of acclaimed cookbooks, including Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, Asian Dumplings, and The Banh Mi Handbook. Her food writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Cooking Light, Lucky Peach, Saveur, and Rodale's Organic Life, where she is a contributing editor.