Whether you’re looking for celebrity-infused comfort food or just good, old-fashioned sourdough bread, there’s something to lift the soul here.
Get your copy of Sunday Star tomorrow, May 16,2021, for a 25% discount on two of the cookbooks featured here. Look for the coupon in StarLifestyle, page 4.
Real Vietnamese Cooking: Everyday Favourites from the Street to the Kitchen
Authors: Yumiko Adachi, Shinobu Ito & Masumi Suzuki
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Price: RM69.29 (not available until June)
This fascinating cookbook is written by three intrepid Japanese food explorers who have spent a considerable amount of time cooking and researching Vietnamese food and training with Vietnam’s best chefs to unlock the secrets to the cuisine.
But it s a raw takeaway! What s the point?
Takeaways do nothing to brush up your cooking, impress your loved ones or improve your diet, and you generally haven t a clue what s in them or how they were prepared. With a recipe box, you re the boss. It s a great way to eat better and learn new skills with minimal effort.
Recipe boxes are a
Masterchef-era version of the food box delivery schemes made popular by companies such as Abel & Cole (whose recipe box features in our top six). With those schemes, the company decided what went in the box, depending on what was in season. Ingredients were top quality and you were spared a trip to the shops, but you were left to make up your own recipes.