Name: Modern Asian Baking at Home
ISBN: 9780760374283

Kat Lieu

Inspired by the global "Subtle Asian" community, Modern Asian Baking at Home features exciting, contemporary Asian-inspired ingredients and techniques bakers of all levels will want to add to their repertoires.

Essential Sweet and Savory Recipes for Milk Bread, Mooncakes, Mochi, and More; Inspired by the Subtle Asian Baking Community

Modern Asian Baking at Home

Amanda

The food in this book looks amazing! It made me so hungry. It seems like a very practical, but also creative book. I'm not much of a baker myself, but I immediately put in a pre-order for this cookbook after seeing everything that was in it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC

High Fidelity

If you want to try out some baked goods that you only see in pictures on the internet, or think you can only try in traveling missions to Asia, this is a cookbook for you. Kat made all of the beautiful recipes approachable to you, in your home. Great if you are well versed in kitchen and you wanna try something new, but even if you don't have much cooking experience, you can only gain with this, cause it has tips and tricks at the start of the book. I love how this cookbook is so down to earth, and it has a great community that goes with it (Subtle Asian Baking Community- SAB). The author gives credits to all who inspired finished recipes and she is able to mention that she made mistakes in the kitchen too and some things maybe won't come out great on the first try. And for the end here are some recipes that piqued my interest the most: 
Fluffy Japanese Souffle Pancakes, Dorayaki Pancakes with Anko Paste, Spicy Gochujang Flourless Chocolate Cake, Butter Basil Naan, and Milk Bread. I think milk bread is gonna be a regular thing now in my kitchen. 
One thing I didn't like is the drink section, cause I wasn't personally interested in that.

Latitude Tamarind

There is SUCH a wide variety of recipes in here, and I really appreciated all the different uses for matcha especially, and the wide variety of cheesecakes. The instructions are easy to follow and the book is formatted very well, so that ingredients and instructions don’t co-mingle on the page. I love the asides by the author, which are both informative and occasionally funny. Lastly, there’s brilliant photography. If you’re interested in levelling up your baking, I don’t think you can go wrong with Modern Asian Baking at Home. Four stars! Full list of recipes on my blog.

Skyler Hess

Thank you to Kat Lieu, the publisher, and Netgalley for this eARC of this absolutely wonderful cookbook!

Recently my mother and I have been trying to be more in touch with our Chinese roots. Our family came to the US in the 1800s, so our direct ties to the food and culture have waned throughout the generations. This cookbook provided a wonderful bonding experience for my whole family, and I am so grateful for that!

Not only is this cookbook aesthetically beautiful, but it also has a bit of character as well! I loved the little details scattered throughout little blurbs that gave the writing a little bit of personality. Funny little tidbits from the author like a certain dessert being "terrible for my waistline" of the author asking if she is "punny enough" add the perfect amount of humor to a relatively straightforward (and wonderfully put together) recipe. I have tried a few of these recipes already, and I am super excited to try out all of the other recipes in the near future. 

Ultimately I believe that this cookbook is perfect for beginner bakers and expert bakers alike! I would love to purchase a physical copy of this book as well since I know that my mother already has her eyes on it. :)

Modern Asian Baking at Home Essential Sweet and Savory Recipes for Milk Bread, Mooncakes, Mochi, and More; Inspired by the Subtle Asian Baking Community

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