{"product_id":"viet-kieu-recipes-remembered-from-vietnam","title":"Viet Kieu | Recipes remembered from Vietnam","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thi Le is one of the most important chefs and migrant voices of this generation.' - Kylie Kwong\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A serious contribution to culinary and cultural scholarship.' - Nigella Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eViet Kieu \u003ci\u003eadj.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003enoun\u003c\/i\u003e: Person of Vietnamese ancestry living abroad; foreigner in a familiar country.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eViet Kieu\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital, extraordinary cookbook that explores the heart of Vietnamese food and cooking techniques, as interpreted by acclaimed chef Thi Le. Thi is a self-described viet kieu who has spent her life navigating her place across two worlds while never feeling truly at home in either one. The movement between the two is what defines her remarkable approach to ingredients and flavour. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom classics like Cháo gà (Chicken congee) and the southern-influenced Can chua chanh day (Sweet \u0026amp; sour fish soup with passionfruit), to a vibrant Prawn goi salad with a nuoc mam dressing, and the basics for fermenting Com me (sour rice), along with communal feasts like a Viet Cajun seafood boil-up and the beloved leafy 'Wrappy guy', each of \u003ci\u003eViet Kieu\u003c\/i\u003e's 100-plus recipes reflect Thi's unending appetite for food that is alive with freshness, a relentless curiosity and an uncompromising desire to distil the cuisine of her heritage through a modern lens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eViet Kieu\u003c\/i\u003e also tells the compelling story of a girl raised in outer western Sydney in a home where narratives of upward mobility were absent. Where a safe identity felt elusive. It's a tale of hardship, deep resilience, cooking as a life raft, a groundbreaking restaurant in Melbourne - and fierce love too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThi Bich Phuong Le\u003c\/b\u003e is a Melbourne-based chef-restaurateur of Vietnamese descent. She runs two small restaurants, Anchovy and Jeow, in inner-Melbourne's Richmond, and a banh mi bar called Ca Com with her partner \u003cb\u003eJia-Yen Lee\u003c\/b\u003e and their spoodle Cheddar Cheese.","brand":"Murdoch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248614461784,"sku":"9781922616401","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781922616401_a51e673f-a031-4691-9d69-5f90ebc9ed8d.jpg?v=1779514238","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/viet-kieu-recipes-remembered-from-vietnam","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}