Cuong Pham

I have been a fan of fish sauce for years, ever since my first taste, and always have a bottle of Red Boat Fish Sauce in my pantry being a firm believer that everything is better with fish sauce. When I saw that a cookbook from Red Boat was coming out I knew I had to have it! This cookbook was more than I even imagined. The history of Red Boat was very interesting! Its founder, Cuong Pham, a Vietnamese refugee found himself working for Apple in the early days of Steve Jobs but couldn't forget the flavors of his childhood. He realized that Vietnamese food in the US didn't taste right because the fish sauce wasn't right. He became committed to discovering what made premium authentic fish sauce and invested in a small company in Vietnam. Shortly there after the company told him they wanted out and left him with the company which he parlayed into the number one name in fish sauce.

This is no meager cookbook. There are recipes for everything from breakfast to dinner and cocktails. The Vietnamese standards, Banh Mi and Noodle bowls are included, along with others I've never heard of. Also are several decidedly not Vietnamese dishes that have me the most excited to try. Pasta Marinara, Ribeye w/Red Boat Butter, Burgers with Red Boat Dressing, Bacon, and Bric-a-Brac (their take on Chex Mix). I can only imagine the umami “essence of deliciousness” that Red Boat Fish Sauce will bring to all these dishes.

I also learned that Red Boat has several other products that I was completely unaware of: salt, peppercorns, sugar and others. This cookbook will be released for publication on October 12, 2021 but it available from all the typical booksellers and their website. I will getting mine!

I would like to thank #NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for allowing me to review an e-copy of #TheRedBoatFishSauceCookbook.… (mehr)