Book details

  • Genre:cooking
  • Sub-genre:Regional & Ethnic / Asian
  • Language:English
  • Pages:100
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317800369

Sowing Sunshine

Plant-based Southeast Asian Taste

By Nhou Her

Overview

A plant-based cookbook with many common southeast Asian dishes such as: pho noodle soup, khao poon, khao piak, glass noodle stir-fry, papaya salad, and veggie egg rolls. The healthy recipes have the feel of a homemade meal from a Hmong mother's garden.
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Description

Sowing Sunshine is a unique plant-based cookbook containing traditional Southeast Asian homemade meals. The author was inspired by her refugee experience in America where many like her survived at the diligent cooking of resourceful women in the Hmong community. Nearly every recipe contains ingredients which come straight from a typical Hmong-American backyard garden. The book also emphasizes healthier choices and better alternatives for more favorable health outcomes.
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About The Author

Nhou Her was born in a Thailand refugee camp in the aftermath of the Vietnam War that ravaged all of Southeast Asia. As a Hmong child with a large family, she ended up in the Sacramento area in the early 90s. Living among other urban refugee families, Nhou discovered a passion for simple gardening and cooking. After completing her undergraduate degree at the University of CA, Davis, Nhou attended both Weimar College and T. Colin Campbell's Center for Nutrition Studies. She has spoken on healthy food choices in many Southeast Asian venues. Nhou has been married to her husband, Cheng, for two decades. They enjoy being out in nature, eating simple fresh food from the garden, and supporting the refugee community in Sacramento, CA.
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