SKU: B-000306

The Vietnamese Cookbook

Author: Meera Freeman, Le Van Nhan

Condition: The cover has some spine fading. The front and back inner paper has some age yellowing. The other pages are not affected. The pages are otherwise clean and tidy. No writing. No dog ears. Tight strong binding. From a smoke free home.

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The Vietnamese Cookbook by Meera Freeman and Le Van Nhan distils the bright, herb-packed soul of Vietnamese cuisine into 160 practical pages. First released in 1995, this vintage Penguin paperback is an inviting guide for young adults and seasoned home cooks alike.

Classic dishes like pho, banh xeo, and nuoc cham are explained step-by-step, with tips on sourcing Asian ingredients and balancing the cuisine’s signature sweet-sour-salty-heat harmony. Compact enough to prop open in a busy kitchen, the book doubles as a cultural snapshot of mid-90s Vietnamese-Australian cooking.

Condition notes: spine sun-faded and endpapers gently yellowed, typical for a 90s paperback; text block crisp, unmarked, firmly bound, from a smoke-free home. No writing, dog-ears, or ex-library stamps—just a tidy copy ready for sauce splatters of its own.

Collectors of vintage cookbooks and fans of Southeast Asian food will appreciate this gently aged edition. Add The Vietnamese Cookbook to your shelf and let its fragrant recipes transport you to Ho Chi Minh City’s street markets without leaving your kitchen.

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