AAPI & diaspora authors

Bookplate signed Created by Vietnamese street vendors a century or so ago, banh mi is a twist on the French snack of pâté and bread that is as brilliant as it is addictive to eat. Who can resist the combination of crisp baguette, succulent filling, and toppings like tangy daikon...

The Banh Mi Handbook

Andrea Nguyen

Thai takeout meets authentic, regional flavors in this collection of recipes for accessible, economical Thai classics—from the rising star behind the blog She Simmers. A Bangkok native (and current Chicago resident), Leela Punyaratabandhu knows first-hand that even Thai cooks take shortcuts. With Simple Thai Food, Leela presents recipes from her beloved Thailand,...

Simple Thai Food : Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen

Leela Punyaratabandhu

The maverick chef and co-founder of the wildly popular Kogi BBQ taco trucks, pays homage to the city he loves with this cookbook that captures the inventive, creative, and border crossing spirit of Los Angeles “Spaghetti Junction” is the bittersweet nickname native Angelenos use to describe the famously tangled freeway...

L.A. Son : My Life, My City, My Food

Roy Choi, Tien Nguyen, Natasha Phan

Kenta Goto, the lauded and gifted bartender behind Bar Goto, reveals his unique creative process for making classic and iconic cocktails consistently, showcasing the techniques and 100 recipes that make up the next wave in the modern craft cocktail movement.Kenta Goto spent seven years developing his craft at the acclaimed...

The Goto Bartender's Guide : A Philosophy of Cocktails, Hospitality, and How to Make Great Drinks Every Time

Kenta Goto, Noah Rothbaum

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 6, 2026.

SIGNED & PERSONALIZED COPIES AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER, for store pickup or shipping worldwide! All copies will be signed by the author. FOR PERSONALIZATION: If you'd like a personalized copy (with Yenvy & Quynh Pham's signature + a name of your choice), CHECK THE BOX under "Please Personalize This Book" above,...

Phonomenal Nights : Vietnamese Shareables & Playful Cocktails for Any Gathering

Yenvy & Quynh Pham

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Nov 3, 2026.

The first cookbook from the cult-status Asian grocery store chain is a visual celebration with Korean recipes, ingredient spotlights, cultural deep dives, how-tos, and more.When the first H Mart opened in 1982, it was just a humble grocery store in Queens, carrying the most basic of Korean ingredients. In the...

H Mart: The Cookbook : Essential Ingredients, Techniques, and Korean Recipes

Stacey Kwon, H Mart

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 6, 2026.

The hotly anticipated debut cookbook from star chef Esther Choi: 100 recipes that add extraordinary flavor to everything you touch, just like a Korean grandmother. We all know cooks whose fingertips seem to infuse every meal with deliciousness. In Korean, that magic touch is called sohn-mat, or "hand taste"—but you don’t have to be born...

Hand Taste : Cook Like a Korean Grandmother

Esther Choi

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 27, 2026.

Soul-warming broths, soups, stews, and hot pots at the heart of Korean cuisine. Korean Soups is a definitive guide to learning about the ingredients, inspirations, and traditional Korean techniques for preparing flavorful, easy, and classic Korean soups. Featuring more than 50 inspiring and delicious recipes, readers will learn how to make...

Korean Soups : Recipes for Soups and Stews That Nourish, Restore, and Delight

Clara Lee, Eddo Kim

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 6, 2026.

Local, self-published cookbook! Unbeknownst to today’s world, the Champa kingdom was the longest lasting empire in the history of Southeast Asia. Centuries of war, genocide, and assimilation has resulted in a Cham identity nearly extinct—but not completely. Through recipes passed down from the matriarchs of her family, Nurhaliza weaves breathing...

My Cham Tongue : A Taste of an Ancient Kingdom through Family Recipes

Nurhaliza Mohamath

From award-winning chef, author, television personality, and activist Melissa King comes an intimate, captivating memoir about family, food, and finding her voice as a queer Chinese American chef.Growing up, Melissa King lived for the moment she would come home from school, grab her prized meat cleaver, and call her mom...

The Girl Who Became King : A Memoir

Melissa King

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 6, 2026.

A versatile, accessible, Asian-inspired cookbook that melds Korean, Chinese, and Japanese flavorsMei Liu and Kyong Han are classically trained chefs and the duo behind the popular food blog Two Plaid Aprons. Drawing on their Chinese and Korean heritages and their culinary upbringings in Louisiana, they create recipes that are both...

Fork and Chopsticks : A Melting Pot of Asian American Recipes

Mei Liu, Kyong Han

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Nov 3, 2026.

A culinary and philosophical memoir about the secret menus in every aspect of immigrant life, and what it really means to be “Chinese.” What is the secret menu? Hidden from view but commonly known, it’s the menu that insiders pick from to be assured of a delicious, authentic meal—often in immigrant-run...

The Secret Menu : Chinese Food in America, and How I Made It

Shiamin Kwa

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Nov 17, 2026.

75 classic Indian vegetarian dishes reinvented with a global, modern twist Indian roots don’t always mean curry with roti for dinner. Modern Masala is a love letter to vibrant, contemporary cooking inspired by Indian heritage, celebrating flavors without borders. This joyful collection of over 70 vegetarian recipes reimagines Indian flavors for the...

Modern Masala : Ancestral Indian flavours, remixed with love

Sanjana Modha

A joyful celebration of the immigrant experience told through the universal language of food. Brimming with raw, beautiful storytelling and 101 Indian-inspired recipes that draw on a global pantry and burst with flavor, this immersive cookbook will fill your heart and table. East to East is more than a collection of...

East to East : Recipes and Stories from Mumbai to New York

Rachel Gurjar

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 13, 2026.

Lian Cho, Society of Illustrators’ Silver Medal winner and creator of Pig Town Party, Oh, Olive!, and Don’t Eat Eustace, delivers another silly adventure for fans of Mac Barnett and Monica Arnaldo, featuring three brothers and their plan to make the biggest pizza the world has ever seen. Come one, come all, and...

The Pizza Brothers

Lian Cho

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 13, 2026.

Hannah Dela Cruz, author of Sourdough Every Day, returns with a second collection of delectable sourdough bakes, this time focusing on everyone’s favorite classic dessert—the cookie.Whip up mouthwatering cookies with innovative textures, unique flavor, and sourdough as the star of the show! With careful guidance and delicious flavor combinations from bestselling...

Sourdough Cookies : Unlock Standout Bakes Using Discard as the Secret Ingredient

Hannah Dela Cruz

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Dec 1, 2026.

Bookplate signed copies available for pre-order! A joyful celebration of food, friendship, and culture, Fried Rice Surprise shows how a little bit of this and a little bit of that can create something magical Fern loves opening her lunchbox—sometimes it holds something colorful, sometimes sweet and spicy, but always delicious. When she...

Fried Rice Surprise

Patricia Tanumihardja, Shiho Pate

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Oct 20, 2026.

Discover 11 toast toppings from around the world in this delightful toast-shaped board book! What do you put on your toast? Beans? Egg? Cheese? Anything goes, just don’t burn it! This fun, sturdy, toast-shaped board book is a playful introduction to the things we eat. Filled with bright, beautiful illustrations...

Toast

Yu Akinaga

Professional chef Yuki Gomi puts her own spin on Japanese cooking by fusing traditional and modern techniques to create accessible, nourishing, and exciting dishes to cook at home.In Oishii, chef Yuki Gomi shares simple, honest, comforting, and homestyle recipes that fit into everyday life, making this cookbook a great introduction to...

Oishii : Everyday Japanese Food Made Simple

Yuki Gomi

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 26, 2027.

A first-of-its-kind cookbook with chef-created meals for you and your dog—featuring 60+ recipes with vet-approved canine versions so you can cook once and share every meal together.What if you could cook one meal—and share it with your dog? In Better for You, Better for Your Dog, chef Ronnie Woo introduces...

Better for You, Better for Your Dog : Healthy Everyday Recipes for You & Your Canine

Ronnie Woo

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 5, 2027.

Discover the cultural richness of dim sum alongside an introduction to the tradition, a guide to essential ingredients and types of tea, and authentic recipes with practical recommendations that bring it all to your own table.Dim sum is loved all over the world. Traditionally, it is served so you can...

Pinch : Recipes for Dumplings and Other Dim Sum

Karin Lei

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 12, 2027.

From a former editor of America's Test Kitchen and Saveur and former host of the docuseries Travelogue comes a luminous memoir that weaves together the immigrant experience, the ancestral ties that guide us, and the deeply rooted Chinese philosophy of seasonal eating.As a child raised in the US by immigrant parents, Megan’s earliest connection...

Eating with the Sun : A Memoir of Food, Family, and the Chinese Calendar

Megan Zhang

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 26, 2027.

A vibrant comic cookbook exploring Sichuanese-style Chinese cooking, with more than 50 recipes, illustrated step-by-step guidance, and stories rooted in culinary tradition.In Let’s Make Sichuan!, comic artist Linda Yi translates the complexity of Sichuanese cuisine into accessible, visual recipes designed for real home kitchens and readers of all ages. Each dish...

Let's Make Sichuan! : A Comic Book Cookbook

Linda Yi

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 19, 2027.

The Green Wok is a modern, technique-led plant-based Asian cookbook built around the most useful piece of kit in the kitchen – the wok. Designed for confident weeknight cooking, it delivers high heat, fast timing and maximum flavour, with recipes spanning stir-fries, noodles, rice dishes, wok-charred vegetables and punchy sides. These...

The Green Wok : Plant-based stir-fries, stews, soups and sweets

Yang Liu

This book is currently available for pre-order, and will be ready for shipping and instore pickup after Jan 19, 2027.

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