Rice and Baguette: A History of Food in Vietnam

by Vu Hong Lien

The once-obscure cuisine of Vietnam is, today, a favorite for many people from East to West. Adapted and modified over thousands of years, it is probably best known as a particularly delicious result of combining traditional southeast Asian cookery with visible outside influences--notably, the crunchy baguette--from its French-occupied past. Drawing on archeological evidence, oral and written histories, and wide-ranging research, Vu Hong Lien tells...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780236573
• ISBN13: 9781780236575
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"