My four latest are: Cradle of Flavor—James Oseland(great book, even someone who knows nothing about the cuisines should be able to do well with this one) Into the Vietnamese Kitchen—Andrea Nguyen(another good one,...

Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/553813

on the corner of Hue and Nguyen Du streets in Hanoi. Rich full-bodied delicious soup, fresh noodles. Although it’s definitely more of South Vietnamese style with lots of greens and sprouts and all that. For fabulous Yucatan...

I operate on quite a budget so many of the places I would really like to eat tend to be out of my range. Consequently, I am quite fond of Empanadas Place in Venice, where my boyfriend and I can share four empanadas and a drink...

was around and I wanted to cook she always delegated the salad, yes we had one every night, to me. I’m still learning. i had great fun testing recipes for Andrea Nguyen's newest cookbook that is due out in September. I...

and Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/553813 October – Mario Batali: Babbo, Molto Italiano & Simple Italian Cooking http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/561501 November – Alice...

Tonight it will be those fab. caramelized chicken wings from Bobby Chinn’s Wild Wild East and Andrea Nguyen's corn dumplings. Seems like I just cannot get enough of those. I’ll have to think about what else.

at their place tonight. We’re going to make Andrea Nguyen's corn dumplings that Candy so nicely posted for me on the last thread. Also having pork ribs, fresh pintos from the garden (not mine) and some sort of...

Ace’s cupcake response wondering about the fuss over Sweet Lady Jane prompts Mr Grub to muse again about a question I recently raised in a buried response: What restaurants top your list of places with unexplained cachet?...

: BREAKFAST: sunset grill, mimi’s, Chinese traditional buns, king’s noodle house, jumbo empanada, LUNCH / DINNER: burrito boyz, black camel, naz’s falafel, salad king, pho hung, yung sing, queen mother, forestview...

How many Chowhounds eat European style( the European or Continental style is where you keep the knife in the right hand (assuming you’re right handed), and eat with your fork in the left. I’ve noticed that style more...