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Best Vietnamese cookbooks to bring a taste of Southeast Asia to your kitchen

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Anthony Bourdain famously said, "Vietnam. It grabs you and doesn't let you go. Once you love it, you love it forever."

Whether you’ve been lucky enough to travel to Vietnam, or you just so happened to find a local family-run spot known for cooking up a storm - you’ll be well aware of the fact that your gastronomic experience is never quite the same after trying delicious, authentic Vietnamese food.

Deceptively simple thanks to masterful, generational expertise, classic dishes like Bánh xèo – supposedly named as such for the sizzling sound it makes in the skillet - aren’t going

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