Lynnie 
Cookbook
I almost gave this one star but the recipes all sounded wonderful, so I'm feeling generous.
That said, I've rarely met a cookbook I didn't like and I had high expectations for this one because of the restaurant's reputation. I think that if you are a fan of San Francisco's The Slanted Door restaurant, you'll enjoy the stories contained in this cookbook about the restaurant's evolution, but since I just wanted some tasty recipes, I was an unappreciative audience.
As for the recipes, with the exception of very few, I'll never make any of them- they just aren't practical for home cooking. In a lot of ways that makes sense- you go to the restaurant to eat things you can't or won't cook at home and this cookbook certainly did whet my appetite for Slanted Door's Vietnamese specialties. It's kind of a genius move by Charles Phan because really, everything looked delicious (if impractical for the home cook). In the end it just wasn't the cookbook for me. If you're a cook who lives near a well-stocked International market however, you may find this book much more appealing than I did.
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