I lived in Canberra until I was 7, then immigrated to Los Angeles. I was an Australian citizen until I was 21, but decided to give it up for US citizenship due to being culturally American by that point. I have fond memories of life in Canberra. Both countries have been good to my family.
Still have yet to try a Luke Nguyen recipe (I have a horrible addiction to cookbook buying and then I'm way too slow to go through the recipes.) But I like his show. Not sure how much you would enjoy Vietnamese food, the fish sauce aspect can be offputting to untried palates. My husband, who's Italian-American is hugely weary of it. I keep telling him his ancestors based their cuisine on it (the Roman/Greek garum) like mine, but no dice. Vietnamese cuisine is very fresh tasting and well-balanced, though.
Glad to know we have so much in common! Cooking is such a pleasure! I feel such a sense of pride and accomplishment when producing an elegantly complex meal for friends and family.
No, I'm afraid the only Australians I know are the expats living in Los Angeles. I went to Melba Primary School - I guess its called Mt. Rogers now. Don't know if you're familiar with the Melba area
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Not Balkan-nearly completely WASP*-I just follow the recipe as slavishly as possible with the available ingredients (for this reason healthy American cooking is easily the hardest) whilst Asian and Indian ingredients are easy to find. I am pretty good with Indian food, having a lot of practise, though when I do my partner complains that there is not enough chili or that the food is not from his particular region.
I love cooking too. I have been considering buying the Luke Nguyen book for awhile.
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Still have yet to try a Luke Nguyen recipe (I have a horrible addiction to cookbook buying and then I'm way too slow to go through the recipes.) But I like his show. Not sure how much you would enjoy Vietnamese food, the fish sauce aspect can be offputting to untried palates. My husband, who's Italian-American is hugely weary of it. I keep telling him his ancestors based their cuisine on it (the Roman/Greek garum) like mine, but no dice. Vietnamese cuisine is very fresh tasting and well-balanced, though.
Glad to know we have so much in common! Cooking is such a pleasure! I feel such a sense of pride and accomplishment when producing an elegantly complex meal for friends and family.
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