Thanks, elmomonster! Here’s another photo of it assembled in the bowl; the bun (vermicelli noodles) are hidden underneath. I used the recipe from Corinne Trang in Authentic Vietnamese Cooking and have linked the recipe...

Over the 4th of July weekend the New York Times ran a feature of burger alternatives. My DH printed them off and I made the Syrian kebabs with cuumber salad. It was okay. Last night I decided to try the Vietnamese recipe, adapted...

Also “Authentic Vietnamese Cooking” by Corinne Trang and her book “Essentials of Asian Cuisine” are great resources. Epicurious (Gournmet and Bon Appetite) tend to dumb up a lot of ethnic cooking hoping to...

of people on this board seem to have already is Essentials of Asian Cuisine : Fundamentals and Favorite Recipes by Corinne Trang the Asian books I personally would most like to actually dig into more is Vatch’s Southeast Asian...

Corinne Trang's Essentials of Asian Cooking. It is wonderful. She focuses chaperts on a paticular food like an spring roll and then explores they way that items is made in different countries throughout asia. Excellent reading...

table salad to this. A mix of Boston lettuce, peeled sliced cucumbers, peeled and julienned carrots, maybe some sliced star fruit and optional soaked and boiled rice noodles. I use the Nuoc Cham on this too. This is all...

and grill to get a nice char. Meat toppings are quite flexible and can be done ahead if you don’t mind eating at room temp. (which I often do). I’m not sure what the authentic marinades exactly consist of, but you...

Corinne Trang, another vietnamese cookbook writer, has a recipe for this but she uses pork shanks. it’s very good. Also, if people don’t have access to coconuts or don’t feel like opening them and catching the...

I just bought a copy of Corinne Trang's “Essentials of Asian Cuisine: Fundamentals and Favorite Recipes” and am excited to try my hand at some of this fabulous cuisine. However, I find that I’m having a trouble...

amazing dishes. It was just me, the squid, a recipe from Corinne Trang (nicely paraphrased by Candy if you scroll down the board a bit)...and my digital camera. I’ve been documenting my home creations since Dec. when I got...

you’ll like her recipes, made with guests representing all types of cooking styles: jasper white, corinne trang, michael psilakis, roberto santibanez, madhur jaffrey, andrew carmellini. i just came upon this site with her...

there’s a nice vietnamese dish of pork shanks braised in coconut water (not milk) and star anise. I made it a long time ago. the recipe was on the food network site (a vietnamese guest chef—corinne trang). it was very...

in the past few years after discovering how yummy in hot weather the food is. I like Andrea’s book because it is very thorough even with a pronouncing gazeeter so you can ask if you can’t find what you need. I also...

authentic Vietnamese Cooking by Corinne Trang and Pleasures of thee Vietnamese Table by Mai Pham are both excellent. I like making the Cha Gio, the spring rolls that are fried. They are served up with lettuce to roll them in with...

Tiparos is the brand Corinne Trang recommended in her Essentials of Asian Cuisine (a wonderful book because it makes specific brand evaluations).