I'm happy to see you mention only the Apple iBookstore version as it's also available for Kindle on Amazon. Unfortunately I had alreadyI purchased the Kindle version from Amazon before seeing how much better it is than Apple's version. While the content is the same, Apple's presentation, formatting, etc. are much better.
Digital Feast: Phan Club
Charles Phan's cookbook Vietnamese Home Cooking shines brightly in its iPad edition
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Twenty years is a long time for a chef to wait between opening his flagship restaurant and publishing his first cookbook, but it's been nearly that long for Charles Phan. He debuted his San Francisco modern Vietnamese eatery, The Slanted Door, in 1995, and this fall brings us Vietnamese Home Cooking (Ten Speed Press, 2012), his clear-eyed take on his homeland's flavors. Phan devotes much of the book to technique, with expansive, recipe-driven chapters on steaming, braising, stir-frying, and grilling.
The book is eye-catching in print, but in the digital version from the iBookstore, it's exquisite: a vibrant photo of bánh cuôn (rice crêpes with pork and mushrooms) fills the display; a swipe of the finger replaces it with a gallery of step-by-step imagery for constructing the dish, all cross-referenced against a visual glossary of ingredients. The book was a long time in the making, but as the saying goes, good things come to those who wait.
Vietnamese Home Cooking, $14.99 at the Apple iBookstore »
For more iBookstore feasts, see the Digital Feast archive »
The book is eye-catching in print, but in the digital version from the iBookstore, it's exquisite: a vibrant photo of bánh cuôn (rice crêpes with pork and mushrooms) fills the display; a swipe of the finger replaces it with a gallery of step-by-step imagery for constructing the dish, all cross-referenced against a visual glossary of ingredients. The book was a long time in the making, but as the saying goes, good things come to those who wait.
Vietnamese Home Cooking, $14.99 at the Apple iBookstore »
For more iBookstore feasts, see the Digital Feast archive »
