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Jet Tila

Celebrity chef, Asian cooking expert and TV personality Jet Tila has compiled the best-of-the-best 101 Eastern recipes that every home cook needs to try before they die! The dishes are authentic yet unique to Jet--drawn from his varied cooking experience, unique heritage and travels. The dishes are also approachable--with simplified techniques, weeknight-friendly total cook times and ingredients commonly found in most urban grocery stores today.

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Daniel Hoyer

Vietnamese cuisine, developed over thousands of years with countless influences from other cultures, is a tantalizing blend of clean, fresh, bright, sweet, and hot flavors. Full of authentic recipes, Culinary Vietnam teaches how the aspects of flavor, aroma, texture, color, contrast, balance, and even the sound a food makes should be taken into consideration in the planning of a Vietnamese meal. Author Daniel Hoyer opens the door into the world of Vietnamese cooking methods and theories, as well as to the background of the cuisine, and gives some historical and cultural tidbits, all while showing just how broad the scope of this simple, agriculturally based cuisine really is. -- from inside flap.

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Sara Deseran

This is an indispensable, easy-to-use guide to identifying, choosing, and preparing Asian vegetables. From amaranth to lotus root, Deseran describes the exotic array of Asian produce widely available. Photos.

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Norvell

Here's how to use inexpensive foods and beverages, readily available at your local food stores, to melt away those excess pounds as if by magic - quickly, easily, and safely!