Thank you Netgalley, PUBLISHER, IBPA , and Maricel Gentile for sending me this advanced review copy for free. I am leaving this review voluntarily.


This cookbook is lovely, and the author's writing is pure joy to read. You can tell she is a teacher that absolutely loves what she does, and I would love to take one of her classes someday.

I love the wide variety of Asian recipes, and how varied they are. Overall they are fairly authentic, with some modifications to account for harder to find ingredients.

It was great to see the regional differences between the different countries explained, and also a detailed explanation of the individual ingredients and tools as well.

The recipes were written well, and were very easy to understand and follow. The page layout was easy to read, and simple to tell at a glance where you are in the recipe. The ingredients would be fairly easy to find if you have an Asian Grocery nearby, but you can also order most of the shelf stable ones online as well.

The QR codes with tips on many of the recipes was helpful, and quite a nice touch.

This would be a great cookbook for a beginner! As someone who cooks Asian food on a regular basis, I can see this becoming a staple cookbook in my collection too.

This book gives clear cut instructions on cooking Asian food. I tried several recipes including Filipino lumpia, and Korean bibimbap. They were all delicious. If you are a fan of Asian cuisine, like me, do not miss this cookbook.

This cookbook features very easy recipes. I highly recommend it; it's worth buying. If you love to cook, this book is for you. The recipes are simple to make

I was excited to win an ARC of this cookbook because I love creating Asian recipes at home for me and my family members. I have tried a lot of recipes based on various Asian cuisines and have always been impressed with the dishes I have created with pretty simple ingredients. I really enjoyed reading through Maricel Gentile’s cookbook and all of the recipes she featured in it. My favorites were the noodle dishes and the dumplings that can be made with ingredients that are easily found in grocery stores. I liked how Maricel broke down all of the recipes she featured in the cookbook into simple steps that are pretty easy to recreate. I am excited to test out these recipes for myself and recreate these dishes at home. I also love the attention to detail that was evident in the cookbook and the beautiful photographs featured throughout the book as well.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this cookbook in exchange for an honest review!

I love this book. The Author has written everything in a good way and easy to understand. She explained in detail every different kind of spices using in each food, either it is Filipino, Cantonese, Japanese, Thai, Korean or Vietnamese. She also shares some of recipes, although I’m not try it yet, however when I read it, as a beginner in cooking, I clearly understand step by step and how to follow the recipe. And some of tips are accessible thru QR codes, it is helpful and easy to access.

l really like this book!! This book is very detailed and talks about each step very thorough. l have not gotten around to cooking anything in this book but would like to!!!! This book was definitely worth reading!!!

This book is the needed piece in the cookbook shelves - a simple book with Asian recipes and cooking tips.
The variety was awesome.
I must say I generally do not show much interest in the cookbook author's personal story unless there is a strong link with it the cookbook in hand - which was mostly the case here.
The presentation, layout, the selection, the QR codes, the pictures and the instructions were all awesome.

What a fantastic find! I am an experienced cook, but many Asian dishes still evade me. This cookbook is beautiful, has short personalized stories (but not too much), and fantastic recipes from many areas of Asia. I will probably gift this book as well to several friends. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC.