Modern Asian Kitchen is a very well written and curated list of a wide range of recipes collected and developed by Kat Lieu. Released 9th April 2024 by Quarto on their Harvard Common Press imprint, it's 208 pages and is available in hardcover and ebook formats.
This is a warm and welcoming cookbook with so many stories and memories to accompany. The author is gifted at relaying the background and community contained in the recipes she shares and it really feels like a warm visit with a dear friend (alongside great food). The book has a practical layout with a really good table of contents and index, so information is easy to find.
The introduction includes a good overview over ingredients, tools, and sourcing specialty items; the actual recipes are arranged thematically: vegetable salads and starters, dim sum & street food, one-pan-dishes, sharing dishes, rice (the bibimbap recipe is *perfect*), noodles (so.many.noodles), sauces/dips, and sweets.
Recipes
contain a title and description, yields, ingredients in a bullet list
in a sidebar, and step by step directions. Ingredients are listed with
imperial (American) standard measures with metric equivalents in parentheses (yay!). Nutritional information is not
included. There are so many gorgeous and clear color photos included.
Most (but not all) of the dishes are accompanied by one or more photos.
This will help readers to know how to arrange and prepare the dishes with which they aren't already familiar.
Five stars. Wonderfully comprehensive and versatile. Perfect choice for public library acquisition, home use, or gifting to a food adventurous friend.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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