Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon

by Ann Le, Julie Ashborn (Photographer)

Overview

The Little Saigon Cookbook offers dozens of family recipes, many surviving through oral history alone. It takes readers on a tour of culinary landmarks and introduces them to the wealth of authentic dishes found in Little Saigon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762799497
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Ann Le has lived most of her life in the area of Southern California known as Little Saigon, where her family moved in 1975 after the fall of Saigon. 

Julie Fay Ashborn’s travels through Southeast Asia have inspired her photography in the books To Asia with Love, To Vietnam with Love, and Communion: A Culinary Journey ThroughVietnam. 

Table of Contents

(1) Introduction (2) Dmystifying Vietnamese Food (3) Recipes: A Drive Down Bolsa Avenue (a) The Market: Salads (b) The Asian Mall: Appetizers (c) The Pho House: Noodle Soups and other Soups (d) The Buddhist Temple: Vegetarian Dishes (e) The Fish Market: Seafood (f) The Lazy Susan: Meat Dishes (g) The Bakeries: Breads and Dessert (h) The Coffeehouse: Vietnamese Drinks (i) Tet and the Moon Festivals: Holiday and Seasonal Dishes (4) Menus (5) Appendix: Sources of Ingredients; Tourism Information (6) Index