Quick & Easy Vietnamese: 75 Everyday Recipes

by Nancie McDermott

Book Overview

From the author of the popular "Quick & Easy Thai" come these 75 oh-so-delicious recipes for every level of cook. Though it shares certain culinary traditions with its Asian neighbors, Vietnamese... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081184434X
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.6" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic & Highly Recommended!

I have this book, as well as the Chinese & Thai versions and I love them all! The recipes are delicious and easy to follow. I've recommended all 3 books to many people and will continue to do so :)

if there is a quicker and easier Vietnamese food cookbook, I would be surprised

This is a great fundamental vietnamese food cookbook. I received this as a present because I love to eat Vietnamese food but never took the time to learn how to cook it from my mom. Now that I no longer live in an area with a big vietnamese community, I'm finding it more and more necessary to cook the food myself so that I get my fix. What I love about this cookbook: nancie mcdermott keeps things very simple the flavors are right on simple cooking techniques short ingredient lists pictures! (you need to know what it's supposed to look like, right?) Basically, I have three beefs with cookbooks: 1) extremely long or hard to find ingredient lists, which is overwhelming, 2) the outcome that, in spite of buying all the ingredients and putting in the effort, the food still tastes bad, and 3) food that uses a lot of obscure techniques or a lot of pots and pans. Nancie Mcdermott rocks for realizing all of this and honestly, yes, the recipes are pretty good! You can tell she has eaten a lot of vietnamese food, and a lot of the recipes are one pot meals, healthy, and also list ways to use leftovers, so that you don't buy something for one dish and then have no idea what to do with it afterwards (another pet peeve of mine). You can tell she has run many a kitchen and is creative with leftovers. oh yeah, another reason this cookbook is great - she really tries to help you figure out the vietnamese name of what you're cooking, and the index has a list of dishes by the letter it starts with in vietnamese as well as t in english. just in case you want to test your cooking against a restaurant's (trust me, your stir-fry, with nancie's help, is probably fresher) Until I get to eat my mom's vietnamese, I am sticking with nancie mcdermott.

UMMM GOOD

While the initial cost of buying ingridents for these recpies can be expensive, once you invest you are in for a treat! The direction of the recipes are easy to follow , authentic and tasty too! We went to Vietnam recently and now cooking from this book brings back culinary delightful memories. The recipes can be time consuming but if you love to cook that won't matter, have a glass of wine! The PHO is my husbands favorite, Lemongrass Beef ummmmm good! Don't Miss

A great and authentic starter to Vietnamese cooking

Though I grew up in the states, my family is of Vietnamese descent and I travelled (and ate) my way through Vietnam, especially Hanoi. This book was my first attempt at making Vietnamese food at home and boy am I impressed at how AUTHENTIC it is to what I ate in Vietnam and in local Vietnamese restaurants. I'll think twice about eating out now that I know how easy it is to make at home.

Quick and Easy!

I love Vietnamese cuisine, and this book allows me to easily incorporate it into my everyday diet. The ingredients are easy to find in chain grocery stores and I can use ingredients I buy in multiple recipes, making the book economical. I recommend preparing your own chicken stock (have it on hand in freezer). It improves the taste of the recipes. I grow my own Vietnamese herbs in the summer, and the book will give me lots of opportunity to use them on the fly. I have also lost a little weight cooking from this book because the dishes are flavorful (be sure to use the Everyday Dipping Sauce) and healthy, and replaced microwaved and canned meals. Many books may be more in-depth, and not every dish is absolutely fantastic, but if you need something for the busy weekdays, this is a good choice.