By Jet Tila If your taste buds had a bucket list, 101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die is the book they would refer to. Chock-full of tasty and flavorful dishes from celebrity chef and ...

This recipe from “Asian-American” by Dale Talde with JJ Goode, calls for twelve 8-inch bamboo skewers soaked in water for 30 minutes before cooking. Talde prefers a charcoal grill for this dish.

Asian cookbooks that are personal, sassy and colorful and easily cross cultures and cuisine are an important genre in this year’s crop of new cookbooks. Check out these five examples of the ...

Hotori, a new Asian home goods store with snacks, kitchen gadgets, cookbooks, and more, opened in March in downtown Des Moines. Owners Nam Ho and Torri Myers hope to introduce the metro to Asian ...

Malaysian cuisine, too, incorporates an array of Asian and European influences, which Houghton Mifflin Harcourt editor Stephanie Fletcher believes gives it broad appeal. “If you’re already a ...

"It's my second cookbook. It is the sister cookbook to 'Modern Asian Baking,' " said Lieu. "This one has 80-plus recipes all about cooking the Asian way, but in a modern type of spin." ...

Hotori, a new Asian home goods and snacks store, opened in downtown Des Moines in March. A colorful display of Asian cookbooks line a short wall by the register.

1 (14-oz [397-g]) box firm tofu, cut into 1-inch (2.5-cm) cubes 1 quart (946 ml) hot water with 12 tsp salt 3 tbsp (45 ml) canola oil 4 oz (113 g) ground beef 212 tbsp (38 g) Sichuan broad bean ...

In her pan-Asian cookbook, "Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More," food writer Andrea Nguyen recommends homemade wonton wrappers but says store-bought are fine.

The goal is balanced meals that are low in fat and moderate in calories. So "Asian Flavors Diabetes Cookbook" (American Diabetes Association, 2012; $19.95), despite its title, should have broad ...

Price: $5 "Korean American," a cookbook by Eric Kim, is available at Hotori, a new Asian boutique that specializes in home goods and snacks in downtown Des Moines. 15.