Thursday, July 23, 2009

check this out!


the first hmong cook book EVER? i just saw this on the news website. its pretty kool! i want to get it now and compare it with my mom's dishes! haha. i didn't say my own recipes b/c mine are just a [worse] version of my moms. lol.


we all know hmong food is never put down on paper, so im really interested in checking out how the author/chef put together all these dishes. she said some dishes took multiple tries in figuring out the rite measurements. i believe it! ive got to show my mom! haha. heres the info if you want to check it out:

ABOUT THE COOKBOOK

By: Sheng Yang and Sami Scripter

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Price: $29.95

Where to find: Widely available, including at Barnes & Noble bookstores or online at www.upress.umn.edu

For more information: hmongcooking.com

HAPPY (HMONG) COOKING!

3 comments:

pvang said...

I don't think it's the first, but it is pretty well done. There's a lot of good explanations/history about the dishes, some short stories/poetry and it's an overall fun book to have.

cheng + anna said...

pretty cool but dang 30 bucks. ouch!

MX said...

Cool...i want to get a copy.