Meera Sodha brings 120 plant-based recipes from across Asia to your weeknight table in East, a collection of vibrant, fuss-free dishes inspired by home cooks and gourmet chefs from Bangalore to Beijing.
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Thai cooking here spans family-style home recipes and street food classics to takeaway favorites recreated at home, with its flavors also surfacing in broader Asian and Mexican-American kitchens.
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Meera Sodha brings 120 plant-based recipes from across Asia to your weeknight table in East, a collection of vibrant, fuss-free dishes inspired by home cooks and gourmet chefs from Bangalore to Beijing.
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The Pepper Thai Cookbook brings 80 stir-fried, saucy recipes straight from Pepper Teigen's kitchen, where Thai classics meet California creativity and family stories simmer on every page.

Simple Thai Food by Leela Punyaratabandhu proves that pad Thai at home tastes better when it's cooked your way.
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Esteban Castillo's Chicano Eats weaves Mexican roots and American kitchens into 85 recipes where chiles meet mac and cheese, and delicious border crossings happen on every page.

Curry Guy Thai proves that beef massaman, red duck curry, and 100+ other Thai favorites taste identical to the restaurant version when Dan Toombs shows you exactly how.

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Updated August 2026