When I’m not reading, you’re likely to find me in the kitchen cooking up a storm!

I've been getting tired of whipping up the same familiar dishes. I’m always in search of new recipes to take me out of my comfort zone.

Asian cuisine being one of my favorites to prepare and eat, I quickly grabbed this cookbook the moment I saw it.

The introduction is welcoming and the stories that accompanied the recipes are inviting and heartwarming.

I loved how the author initially broke down everything you’ll need to easily make these yummy dishes. Even advice on cookware you’ll need to have on hand. As well as the most used but perhaps little known ingredients. Each explained in detail as to what they are and their purpose in enhancing a dish.

The pictures: All mouthwatering, making you crave everyone of them.

The recipes: All easy to follow instructions and the author posts a caption on which are vegan/vegetarian/gluten free.

First up for me will be pho ga (Vietnamese chicken noodle soup). One of my restaurant favorites and I can’t wait to try make it at home! Now if only the weather would cooperate and cool down…I could snuggle in and enjoy my hot pho!

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group

I can't tell what the intended audience is but as I read through the recipes as foodie, homecook and baker myself I feel that the recipes are scattered across different Asian cultures and not as authentic as if it was focused on one with detailed recipes. But as a beginners cookbook the steps are too brief for when it comes to how to prepare the main ingredient of the dishes, the protein. Such as the prawns, the meat or the mushrooms. They need a whole paragraph dedicated to themselves. Some of the recipes such as dimsum are in reality a very advanced and difficult dish to make, and I feel they don't belong here as when you go through the recipe it's either not authentic or not detailed enough in preparing the proteins to get the right texture, often it says, combine all the ingredients as the first step. As someone who is from an Asian background and likes to cook Asian food as a hobby I don't feel the recipes here is teaching me enough detail for a dish and is leaving out a lot of essential steps. But as a quick go to beginners cookbook it may not matter much, especially if you've not been exposed to much Asian food before.

I just preordered this cookbook after reviewing the digital copy. Love that there are photos of each dish, which is a must have for any cookbook imo. I already know I want to make all the noodle recipes, they look very doable! My favorite part is that I think I have most of the ingredients on hand in my pantry. The pandan tres leches cake looks sooo good! I definitely want to try making that one day too. Can’t wait for the book release already!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity for this arc!

The pictures in the cookbook are beautiful and help give insight to what the meal will ‘hopefully’ look like. I am most excited to try making the dumplings!

<3 amazeballs as always! <3 beautiful pics and lovely blurbs with each recipe, a must-have for every busy mom, dad, work from home folks, college dorm student-- love this book, will definitely preorder!

Loved Kat’s first book and honestly hate having to wait for the release date!! So glad to be able to see it. Not sure what I was expecting. It was her usual style of simple delicious food. Seattle is such a HUB of culture and this book really shows the diversity that she is surrounded by and exposed to. I’m so excited to try a few of the recipes!! Some of them are basic recipes that we all have in our own Asian back pocket (I’m Korean) but the other Asian dishes will be fun to try. Love her style. Knew I liked her when I found out she played Overwatch! 🤣

Oh I’m a bit mixed here and ever so grateful for the Asian supermarket underneath my work place. There are some fantastic recipes in here and they look very Asian and much less westernised than some you find - but this also means I haven’t a clue what some of them are like or what some of the ingredients actually are. It’s helpful having the little blurb about each dish before the recipe and the pictures and this helped me pick which I would like and most likely not like and some of them are delicious. The less adventurous of me has stuck to the more safe flavour choices and I was really unimpressed with the noodle dishes. My favourite few: fresh summer rolls, shrimp dumplings and sexy sizzling sisig. Yum!!