Recipes from My Home Kitchen: Asian and American Comfort Food from the Winner of MasterChef Season 3 on FOX: A Cookbook

by Christine Ha, Gordon Ramsay (Foreword by)

Overview

Easy Vietnamese comfort food recipes from the winner of MasterChef Season 3.

In her kitchen, Christine Ha possesses a rare ingredient that most professionally-trained chefs never learn to use: the ability to cook by sense. After tragically losing her sight in her twenties, this remarkable home cook, who specializes in the mouthwatering, wildly popular Vietnamese comfort foods of her childhood, as well as beloved American standards that she came to love growing up in Texas, re-learned how to cook. Using her heightened senses, she turns out dishes that are remarkably delicious, accessible, luscious, and crave-worthy.

Millions of viewers tuned in to watch Christine sweep the thrilling MasterChef Season 3 finale, and here they can find more of her deftly crafted recipes. They'll discover food that speaks to the best of both the Vietnamese diaspora and American classics, personable tips on how to re-create delicious professional recipes in a home kitchen, and an inspirational personal narrative bolstered by Ha's background as a gifted writer. Recipes from My Home Kitchen will braid together Christine's story with her food for a result that is one of the most compelling culinary tales of her generation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623360948
Publisher:	Harmony/Rodale
Publication date:	05/14/2013
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	306,896
Product dimensions:	7.66(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Christine Ha is the winner of Season Three of MasterChef. Legally blind, she wants her skill to inspire others with disabilities that anything is possible. She lives in Houston, where she is completing an MFA in creative writing at The University of Houston.

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Table of Contents

Foreword viii

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Snacks and Starters 1

Chapter 2 A Bowl of Comfort 31

Chapter 3 From My Mama's Kitchen 53

Chapter 4 Western Classics 77

Chapter 5 Food for Casual Gatherings 101

Chapter 6 On the Side 127

Chapter 7 Something Sweet 149

Chapter 8 A Stock, Sauces, Vinaigrettes, and Seasonings 169

Glossary 183

Acknowledgments 191

Index 195