Recipes from My Home Kitchen: Asian and American Comfort Food from the Winner of Masterchef Season 3 on Fox: A Cookbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781623360948)

Easy Vietnamese comfort food recipes from the winner of MasterChef Season 3.

In her kitchen, Christine Ha possesses a rare ingredient that most professionally-trained chefs never learn to use: the ability to cook by sense. After tragically losing her sight in her twenties, this remarkable home cook, who specializes in the mouthwatering, wildly popular Vietnamese comfort foods of her childhood, as well as beloved American standards that she came to love growing up in Texas, re-learned how to cook. Using her heightened senses, she turns out dishes that are remarkably delicious, accessible, luscious, and crave-worthy.

Millions of viewers tuned in to watch Christine sweep the thrilling MasterChef Season 3 finale, and here they can find more of her deftly crafted recipes. They'll discover food that speaks to the best of both the Vietnamese diaspora and American classics, personable tips on how to re-create delicious professional recipes in a home kitchen, and an inspirational personal narrative bolstered by Ha's background as a gifted writer. Recipes from My Home Kitchen will braid together Christine's story with her food for a result that is one of the most compelling culinary tales of her generation.

Author: Christine Ha
ISBN-10: 1623360943
ISBN-13: 9781623360948
Publisher: Rodale Books
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2013
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 8.84h x 8.04w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2013 pg. 117