This beautifully designed guide to Vietnamese home cooking and comfort food goes beyond restaurant fare to explore the vibrant, fresh flavors of a cuisine whose popularity is rising rapidly.

Anne-Solenne Hatte presents the mouthwatering recipes for traditional Vietnamese home cooking collected by Bà, her maternal grandmother. This book is an homage to Vietnamese cuisine, with its emphasis on fresh ingredients, bright flavor combinations, zesty sauces, and reputation for healthfulness with vegetables and salads at center stage.

These family recipes withstood the test of time — and exile. Staying true to her culinary heritage, Bà learned to work around unavailable items and adapt to new ingredients. These expertly detailed yet accessible recipes are intertwined with the story of Bà’s event-filled life and memories of home.

After exploring the cuisine’s base recipes and “mother” sauces, the book explores dishes organized by region. Included are classic variations of pho, quick pickled vegetables, robust salads, grilled and stir-fried meats, and fusion dishes like trendy banh mi sandwiches.

About the Authors:

Anne-Solenne Hatte, a Franco-Vietnamese model and actress, is working on a documentary about her grandparents’ wartime experiences and exile. Alain Ducasse is a celebrated French chef and author of many cookbooks.

This beautifully designed guide to Vietnamese home cooking and comfort food goes beyond restaurant fare to explore the vibrant, fresh flavors of a cuisine whose popularity is rising rapidly.

Anne-Solenne Hatte presents the mouthwatering recipes for traditional Vietnamese home cooking collected by Bà, her maternal grandmother. This book is an homage to Vietnamese cuisine, with its emphasis on fresh ingredients, bright flavor combinations, zesty sauces, and reputation for healthfulness with vegetables and salads at center stage.

These family recipes withstood the test of time — and exile. Staying true to her culinary heritage, Bà learned to work around unavailable items and adapt to new ingredients. These expertly detailed yet accessible recipes are intertwined with the story of Bà’s event-filled life and memories of home.

After exploring the cuisine’s base recipes and “mother” sauces, the book explores dishes organized by region. Included are classic variations of pho, quick pickled vegetables, robust salads, grilled and stir-fried meats, and fusion dishes like trendy banh mi sandwiches.

About the Author:

Anne-Solenne Hatte, a Franco-Vietnamese model and actress, is working on a documentary about her grandparents’ wartime experiences and exile. Alain Ducasse is a celebrated French chef and author of many cookbooks.

Presenting nearly 200 recipes, each illustrated with full-colour, step-by-step photographs, and expert instruction from master chefs, Cooking School is more than a cookbook — it’s a complete gourmet education.

Recognized as one of the most renowned chefs and restaurateurs of his generation, Alain Ducasse also operates an acclaimed cooking school in the heart of Paris. Now as a gift to cooks and lovers of French cuisine around the world, he presents a new, fully updated collection of delicious recipes and expert lessons to give readers a complete course in French cuisine at home. Thoughtfully arranged in three sections based on difficulty, Cooking School builds at the reader’s pace, introducing new methods with careful instruction.

The step-by-step methods are detailed in thousands of photographs, which show cooks how to achieve picture-perfect results. Exhaustive indexes provide a wealth of descriptive knowledge, illuminating equipment, ingredients, and techniques the way a master chef would to a class of culinary students. From recipes for simple condiments and fundamental sauces to the iconic dishes of French cuisine and international cooking, including sushi and curries, and pastry recipes, including composed cakes and confections, Cooking School turns readers into true masters of their own kitchens.

About the Author

Alain Ducasse is a legendary, Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur with numerous restaurants around the globe. Along with Paule Neyrat, he is the author of Nature: Simple, Healthy, and Good and Cooking for Kids.

A taste of Paris in 200+ culinary destinations

From a morning croissant on the Canal Saint-Martin to a magical dinner on the Eiffel Tower, Alain Ducasse takes you on a stunning gourmet tour of Paris.

Join France's most celebrated chef on a personal journey around Paris as he reveals his favourite foodie haunts including restaurants, cafes, local bistros, patisseries and other artisanal stores. From his own 3 star restaurants to his favourite icecream store, to his insider's tip on the best local creperie in town, Ducasse share the stories, histories and encounters with the men and women who make up Paris' extraordinary culinary landscape.

Lavishly photographed, Paris by Ducase showcases the gourmet highlights of the capital, telling of the Chef's passion for cookery and his sincere love of Paris. This is a work that will set all admirers of beauty, excellence and authenticity dreaming, wherever they may live. 'Paris is a Mecca to haute cuisine, where history meets French gastronomy in all its grandeur and tradition.

However this labyrinth of timeless, charming bistrots and brasseries is also a hotbed for experimentation and innovation. It is the cultural diversity and unexpected treasures within Paris I love.' (Alain Ducasse)

About the Author

Alain Ducasse is one of the most renowned chefs of his generation. Born in the Landes region of western France he is also a restaurant designer, hotelier and teacher of the culinary arts. Over 30 years, he has developed a unique savoir-faire, which has helped define the contemporary art of living and eating. His current stable of restaurants include Plaza Athenee (Paris), Jules Verne (Eifell Tower, Paris), The Dorchester (London) and he is the only chef to hold 19 Michelin stars throughout his career.