Dale Talde

Dale Talde’s “Asian-American” cookbook is more profound than meets the eye

By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor What does it mean to be “proudly inauthentic?” Dale Talde’s cookbook, Asian-American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from the Philippines to Brooklyn, will give you a pretty good idea. Co-authored by JJ Goode, recipes like buttered toast ramen, kung pao chicken wings, and pretzel pork and chive dumplings jump off the page. Talde’s food celebrates mainly East/Southeast Asian and “Western” flavours with the creativity and flair one would expect from a Top Chef alum. Top Chef was actually the reason I picked up a copy of this book. In the most recent season, Talde appeared…

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