@bitesbyany: It’s hard to describe this cookbook. It’s a collection of recipes that my Hmong family cooks— and I kinda use the term family little loosely. It’s like immediate families, aunts, and uncles, and the people that I live with from over the decades. It’s a collection of all of the things that I’ve learned in recipes that I’ve carried. A lot of the recipes are basic recipes that you would not find at a Hmong restaurant… so you get the boiled veggies and simple boiled pork and mustard greens. I tried to capture the recipes that you often see and love at Hmong gatherings too. As I write this book it’s evolved because the Hmong diet is so varied. I think originally I wanted to just keep it very traditional but it was really hard because the foods that I eat are actually very Hmong American. A lot of the recipes use ingredients that are similar to what Hmong people used to grow and eat, but we have adapted our diet to include things that are readily accessible at Western grocery stores. Especially if you’ve lived in places where you don’t have access to southeast Asian ingredients. Anyway, the book is coming along, blame all of the good animes that are coming out for the delayed release (late 2026). I’ve been kind of obsessed with a few anime shows so sorry. OK, that’s it bye

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