Adventures in Starry Kitchen : 88 Asian-inspired recipes from America's most famous underground restaurant
by Tran, Nguyen, 1977- (Author)
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"Adventures in Starry Kitchen chronicles the unlikely transformation of a wildly popular (and definitely illegal) underground sensation into an (eventually) legitimate and celebrated mainstay of the Los Angeles food scene. Paired with the behind-the-scenes tales that contributed to, nearly derailed,... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Apartment days. The restaurant in apartment no. 205 ; Recipe notes ; Tofu balls : practice in being Vietnamese/Cantonese
- Lunch days. Kitchen ninja ; Failures
- First dinner pop-up. Banana suit confidential ; Marijuana : a meal for one and all ; Growing up Asian
- Second pop-up : Button Mash. Legal loopholes and why I keep getting into and out of trouble ; The Thai prostitute who introduced me to pandan/kaya ; Death and rebirth ; Full circle
- Funemployment. Chaos and pork chop sandwiches
- Basic recipes.