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Jan 27, 2017

The fall and rise of the House of An

By Jacqueline in Cookbook, Press
OC Register Vietnamese Cookbook Review

“I grew up listening to the stories of my mother’s childhood in Vietnam: the adventures, the dangers and the elegance of a lost world.”

So begins “Ăn: To Eat,” and as you sit back in Proustian languor to thumb through this big, heavy, handsomely illustrated book, you begin to feel somewhat gastronomically shamed by the imaginative variety of herbs, spices and seasonings that accompany the preparation of staples like fish, beef and pork dishes created by Helene An and her late mother-in-law, Diana, and its steady themes of freshness, balance and simplicity. Before long, however, you realize with deepening shock that this book is about a lot more than cooking.

Whatever you have in the kitchen by way of pots and pans and cutting utensils makes a good enough start toward the oven-roasted lemongrass chicken, caramelized black cod and spicy chicken and shrimp ramen in cognac XO sauce, among others, depicted in Evan Sung’s vivid and artful photographs, which could qualify for an exhibit. And you get to eat this stuff!

Read More: www.ocregister.com/articles/helene-741775-vietnam-vietnamese.html

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I'm Jacqueline An, co-author of Ăn: to Eat: Recipes and Stories from a Vietnamese Family Kitchen. I love eating well: exploring new foods at gourmet restaurants and hole-in-the-wall shacks, experimenting in the kitchen to refine my favorite recipes or create something new, and above all, sharing my love for food with friends and family. Thank you for joining me on this adventure!

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