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Asian Cookbooks for Lunar New Year

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Asian Cookbooks to Expand Your Cooking Repertoire

Start the new year with Asian cookbooks that will elevate your cooking skills and expand your recipe repertoire with Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Taiwanese recipes.  Written by Asian authors from all over the world, these cookbooks emphasize the joy of shared meals and gathering with family and loved ones.

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Vietnamese Food Any Day by Andrea Nguyen

Drawing on decades of experience and the cooking hacks her mom adopted after fleeing from Vietnam to America, award-winning author Andrea Nguyen shows you how to use easy-to-find ingredients to create authentic Vietnamese flavours at home – fast. Delicious, fresh Vietnamese food is achievable any night of the week with this cookbook’s 80 accessible, easy recipes.
 
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Korean American by Eric Kim

An homage to what it means to be Korean American with delectable recipes that explore how new culinary traditions can be forged to honor both your past and your present. In this book of recipes and thoughtful insights, especially about his mother, Eric Kim divulges not only what it means to be Korean American but how, through food and cooking, he found acceptance, strength, and the confidence to own his story.
 
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First Generation by Frankie Gaw

In this stunning exploration of identity through food, the blogger behind Little Fat Boy presents 80 recipes that are rooted in his childhood as a first-generation Taiwanese American growing up in the Midwest.
 
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The Woks of Life by Bill Leung, Kaitlin Leung, Judy Leung and Sarah Leung

This is the story of a family as told through food. Judy, the mom, speaks about traditional Chinese dishes and cultural backstories. Bill, the dad, worked in his family’s Chinese restaurants and will walk you through how to make a glorious Cantonese Roast Duck. Daughters Sarah and Kaitlin have your vegetable-forward and one-dish recipes covered—put them all together and you have the first cookbook from the funny and poignant family behind the popular blog The Woks of Life.
 
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The Vegan Chinese Kitchen by Hannah Che

In The Vegan Chinese Kitchen, through gorgeous photography, stories, and recipes, Hannah Che shows us the magic of this highly developed and creative tradition in which every dish in the Chinese repertoire can be replicated in a meatless way, such as Blistered Dry-Fried String Beans or Sweet and Sour Tofu. This book will delight vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores alike, inviting you to explore a whole world of flavours and ingredients.

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Simple Thai Food by Leela Punyaratabandhu

Thai takeout meets authentic, regional flavours in this collection of one hundred recipes for easy, economical, and accessible Thai classics – from the rising star behind the blog She Simmers.
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Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen by Kim Thúy

A warm and welcoming introduction to vibrant cuisine, with more than 50 easy-to-make recipes from internationally bestselling novelist Kim Thúy. Kim says that Vietnamese often display their affection more easily with food than with words. This exquisite book demonstrates that every meal is an opportunity to show love, and to be grateful for those who sit down to eat with us.