The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook: Home Cooking from Asian American Kitchens
by Patricia Tanumihardja and Lara Ferroni
Sasquatch Books | August 2009 | 368 Pages | ISBN: 157061556X | PDF | 15.8 mb 
http://www.amazon.com/The-Asian-Grandmothers-Cookbook-American/dp/157061556X

Asian grandmothers, whether of Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, or Indian descent; are the keepers of the cultural, and culinary, flame. Their mastery of delicious home-cooked dishes and comfort food makes them the ideal source for this cookbook. Author Pat Tanumihardja has assembled 130 tantalizing dishes from real Chinese fried rice to the classic Filipino Chicken Adobo to the ultimate Japanese comfort dish Oyako donburi. This is hearty food, brightly flavored, equally good to look at and eat. Flavors range from soy and ginger to hot chiles, fragrant curries, and tart vinegars. The author has translated all of the recipes to work in modern home kitchens. Many of them have been handed down from mother to daughter for generations without written recipes, and some appear in tested and written form for the first time. An exhaustive Asian Pantry glossary explains the ingredients, from the many kinds of rice and curries to unfamiliar but flavorful vegetables.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Using This Book and Menu Planning xi
Techniques and Equipment xiii
1. THE ASIAN PANTRY: A GLOSSARY OF INGREDIENTS 1
2. FOUNDATIONS: STAPLES AND STOCKS 29
Profile of a Grandma: Kimiye Hayashi 44
3. TIDBITS, PURSES, AND PARCELS 47
Profile of a Grandma: Ellen Shyu Chou 72
4. SAVORY SOUPS 75
Profile of a Grandma: Merla See 100
5. ON THE SIDE 103
Profile of a Grandma: Niloufer Gupta 140
6. THE CENTERPIECE 143
Profile of a Grandma: Keo Choulaphan 176
Profile of a Grandma: Daisy Kushino 200
Profile of a Grandma: Nellie Wong 218
7. FEEDING A CROWD: POTLUCKS, PARTIES, AND FESTIVALS 221
Profile of a Grandma: Sang Jung Choi 252
8. COMFORT FOOD AND ONE-WOK MEALS 255
Profile of a Grandma: Alvina Mangrai 292
9. SWEETS, SIPS, AND SLURPS 295
Profile of a Grandma: Gloria Santos 332
Beyond This Cookbook: Resources 335
Selected Bibliography 337
Conversion Tables 339
Index 341