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Best Asian Cookbooks
The best cookbooks featuring Asian cuisine.
East Asia includes: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan.
South Asia includes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
South-East Asia includes: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
Central Asia includes: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
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Additional lists featuring specific Asian counties.
Best Afghan cookbooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Chinese cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Best Filipino cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Indian cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Japanese cookbooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Best Thai cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Vietnamese cookbooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
East Asia includes: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan.
South Asia includes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
South-East Asia includes: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
Central Asia includes: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
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Additional lists featuring specific Asian counties.
Best Afghan cookbooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Chinese cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Best Filipino cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Indian cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Japanese cookbooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Best Thai cookbooks: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Vietnamese cookbooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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The Indonesian Kitchen
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Thailand: The Cookbook
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To Asia, With Love: Everyday Asian Recipes and Stories From the Heart
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The Nutmeg Trail: A Culinary Journey Along the Ancient Spice Route
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The Complete Asian Cookbook
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The Taste of Old Hong Kong: Recipes and Memories From 30 Years on the China Coast
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Entice With Spice: Easy Indian Recipes for Busy People [Indian Cookbook, 95 Recipes]
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Shubhra Ramineni (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 101 ratings
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I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook
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The Yunnan Cookbook: Recipes from China's land of ethnic diversity
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Taste Tibet: Family Recipes from the Himalayas
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Taste of Tibetan Cuisine
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The Nepal Cookbook
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Bekwoh: Stories & Recipes from Peninsula Malaysia’s East Coast
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Chinese Cuisine
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Chinese Snacks
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Chinese Dim Sum
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Ambarella: Cambodian Cuisine
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Peranakan Heritage Cooking
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The New Classic Chinese Cookbook
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Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table: Recipes and Reminiscences from Vietnam's Best Market Kitchens, Street Cafes, and Home Cooks
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Cuisines of Southeast Asia: Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Burmese & More
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Southeast Asian Flavors: Adventures in Cooking the Foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore
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Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen
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On the Himalayan Trail: Recipes and Stories from Kashmir to Ladakh
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Singapore Cooking: Fabulous Recipes from Asia's Food Capital
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My Bangladesh Kitchen: Recipes and Food Memories from a Family Table
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Traditional Recipes of Laos
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Parsi Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family
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Curry: Fragrant dishes from India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia
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Cooking from China’s Fujian Province: One of China's Eight Great Cuisines
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Charmaine Solomon's Thai Cookbook: A Complete Guide to the World's Most Exciting Cuisine
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True Thai: Real Flavors for Every Table
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Food From Northern Laos: The Boat Landing Cookbook
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Seductions of Rice
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Asia: the Beautiful Cookbook
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The Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen: A Cookbook
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The Burma Cookbook: Recipes from the Land of a Million Pagodas
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The Foods of Vietnam
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Henry Chung's Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook
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Mrs. Chiang's Szechwan Cookbook
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The Burmese Kitchen: Recipes from the Golden Land
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From Mom With Love: Complete Guide to Indian Cooking and Entertaining
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Six Spices: A Simple Concept of Indian Cooking
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The Food Of India: A Journey for Food Lovers
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The Slanted Door: Modern Vietnamese Food [A Cookbook]
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Imperial Mongolian Cooking: Recipes from the Kingdoms of Genghis Khan
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Hsa*Ba: Burmese Cookbook
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A Dictionary of Japanese Food: Ingredients and Culture
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The Japanese Kitchen: 250 Recipes in a Traditional Spirit
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Harumi's Japanese Home Cooking
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Growing up in a Korean Kitchen: A Cookbook
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A Korean Mother's Cooking Notes
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A Tradition of Soup: Flavors from China's Pearl River Delta
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Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's New Cantonese Cooking
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Simply Yunnan
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The Elephant Walk Cookbook: Cambodian Cuisine from the Nationally Acclaimed Restaurant
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Dim Sum and Other Chinese Street Foods
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Curry Cuisine: Fragrant Dishes from India, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia
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Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 89 ratings
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The Classic Cuisine of Vietnam
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The Cuisines of Southeast Asia: A Culinary Journey Through Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines
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Simple Art of Vietnamese Cooking
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Authentic Vietnamese Cooking: Food from a Family Table
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Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author)
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The Best of Vietnamese & Thai Cooking: Favorite Recipes from Lemon Grass Restaurant and Cafes
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Bengali Cooking: Seasons and Festivals
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Exotic East Indian Bengali Cooking
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The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles
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Rinku Bhattacharya (Goodreads Author)
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The Varied Kitchens of India: Cuisines of the Anglo-Indians of Calcutta, Bengalis, Jews of Calcutta, Kashmiris, Parsis, and Tibetans of Darjeeling
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Best of Bangladeshi Cuisine
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খুনতি কড়াই : Bangladeshi Cuisine
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Thai Food and Cooking
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50 Great Curries of India
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Essentials of Asian Cuisine: Fundamentals and Favorite Recipes
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Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author)
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The Indian Spice Kitchen
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