| Food in Vietnam | 5 |
| The Imperial Cuisine | 11 |
| The Ascending Dragon | 13 |
| Homestyle Vietnamese Cooking | 14 |
| Cooking Methods | 16 |
| Authentic Vietnamese Ingredients | 18 |
| Basic Recipes | |
| Preserved Mixed Vegetables | 25 |
| Preserved Mustard Greens | 25 |
| Pickled Spring Onions | 25 |
| Pickled Bean Sprouts | 25 |
| Carrot and Radish Pickles | 25 |
| Preserved Cabbage | 26 |
| Fish Sauce Dip | 26 |
| Fermented Anchovy Dip | 26 |
| Yellow Bean Sauce | 26 |
| Peanut Sauce | 26 |
| Soy Sauce Dip | 26 |
| Tomato Sauce | 27 |
| Sweet and Sour Sauce | 27 |
| Caramel Syrup | 27 |
| Salt, Pepper and Lime Mix | 27 |
| Chicken Stock | 27 |
| Beef Stock | 27 |
| Vegetable Stock | 27 |
| Appetizers and Snacks | |
| Pork Rice Paper Rolls | 28 |
| Shrimp Rice Paper Rolls | 28 |
| Vietnamese Spring Rolls | 31 |
| Grilled Beef Rolls | 33 |
| Hue Spring Rolls | 33 |
| Steamed Fresh Rice Flour Rolls | 34 |
| Shrimp Mousse on a Sugar Cane Skewer | 36 |
| Vietnamese Steamed Egg with Pork and Fungus | 36 |
| Hue Shrimp and Vegetable Pancakes | 39 |
| Vietnamese Pork Sausage with fungus | 40 |
| Cured Sour Pork Sausage with Garlic | 40 |
| Salads | |
| Lotus Stem Salad with Shrimp | 42 |
| Squid Salad | 43 |
| Young Jackfruit Salad | 44 |
| Shrimp and Green Mango Salad | 46 |
| Pomelo Salad | 46 |
| Cabbage Salad with Chicken | 49 |
| Braised Mushrooms with Soy Sauce | 49 |
| Soups | |
| Beef and Pork Leg Soup | 51 |
| Hanoi Chicken Noodle Soup | 52 |
| Beef Noodle Soup | 54 |
| Crab Soup with Tofu and Rice Noodles | 57 |
| Cabbage Roll Soup | 58 |
| Preserved Pork Head Meat | 58 |
| Clam Soup with Starfruit and Herbs | 60 |
| Vegetables and Rice | |
| Grilled Eggplant Salad with Crabmeat | 62 |
| Fried Tofu with Lemongrass and Five Spice | 64 |
| Stir-fried Vegetables with Fish Sauce | 64 |
| Pumpkin Braised in Coconut Milk | 67 |
| Stir-fried Water Spinach with Yellow Bean Sauce | 67 |
| Clam Rice | 68 |
| Imperial Fried Rice | 68 |
| Seafood | |
| Vietnamese Fish Stew | 70 |
| Sweet and Sour Fish Soup | 71 |
| Stuffed Squid | 72 |
| Marinated Grilled Squid | 75 |
| Spicy Jumbo Shrimp | 76 |
| Stir-fried Squid with Vegetables and Pineapple | 76 |
| Crabs with Tamarind Sauce | 78 |
| Crabs Simmered in Beer | 79 |
| Crisp Soft-shelled Crabs, Oysters and Clams with Sweet and Sour Sauce | 81 |
| Whole Fish with Ginger Lemongrass Sauce | 82 |
| Braised Fish with Galangal Sauce | 82 |
| Minced Salmon with Sesame Seed Rice Crackers | 85 |
| Poultry | |
| Braised Duck with Ginger | 86 |
| Banana Blossom Salad with Duck | 86 |
| Honey Roasted Chicken | 88 |
| Chicken Curry in Coconut Milk | 89 |
| Spicy Duck with Orange Sauce | 91 |
| Stir-fried Chicken Chunks with Mango and Cashews | 91 |
| Meat | |
| Sauteed Frogs' Leg or Chicken Wings with Lemongrass | 92 |
| Snails Stuffed with Minced Pork | 92 |
| Braised Pork with Fish Sauce | 95 |
| Pork Stewed in Coconut Juice | 95 |
| Grilled Pork Meatballs | 96 |
| Grilled Pork Skewers with Rice Noodles | 96 |
| Grilled Beef Rolls Wrapped in Wild Betel Leaves | 99 |
| Fragrant Beef Stew | 100 |
| Vietnamese Beef Hot Pot | 102 |
| Desserts | |
| Husband and Wife Cakes | 105 |
| Steamed Rice Flour and Mung Bean Cakes with Coconut Sauce | 105 |
| Bananas and Sago Pearls in Coconut Cream | 106 |
| Slush Ice Lychee in Coconut Milk | 106 |
| Pineapple Tartlets | 109 |
| Quick Banana Coconut Cake | 109 |
| Measurements and conversions | 110 |
| Index of Recipes | 111 |
| Mail-order/online Sources | 112 |
