The Slanted Door Modern Vietnamese Food [A Cookbook]

The long-awaited cookbook featuring 100 recipes from James Beard award-winning chef Charles Phan’s beloved San Francisco Vietnamese restaurant, The Slanted Door.

Award-winning chef and restaurateur Charles Phan opened The Slanted Door in San Francisco in 1995, inspired by the food of his native Vietnam. Since then, The Slanted Door has grown into a world-class dining destination, and its accessible, modern take on classic Vietnamese dishes is beloved by diners, chefs, and critics alike. The Slanted Door is a love letter to the restaurant, its people, and its food. Featuring stories in addition to its most iconic recipes, The Slanted Door both celebrates a culinary institution and allows home cooks to recreate its excellence.

CHARLES PHAN is the executive chef and owner of The Slanted Door family of restaurants, and the author of IACP award-winning book, Vietnamese Home Cooking. He received the James Beard Award for Best Chef California in 2004, and in 2011, was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food in America. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their three children.

List of Recipes
xii Foreword by Patricia Unterman
xx Introduction

1 Act One
584 Valencia Street
1995–2002
9 Starters

63 Act Two
100 Brannan Street
2002–2004
73 Cocktails 
109 Raw Bar
118 Salads
130 Soups

147 Act Three
1 Ferry Building
2004–Present
156 Mains
221 Desserts

246 Basics
254 Acknowledgments
256 Index