Book excerpt: Patricia Yeo is one of the most acclaimed of the new crop of bright young chefs in America--she specializes in world food, introducing Asian flavors, California freshness and French technique to her restaurant menus, including the offerings at the three-star A/Z in Manhattan. With Everyday Asian, Yeo leaves restaurant technique behind and focuses on packing flavor into dishes for weekday meals and simple home entertaining. The taste of the Pacific Rim is still the biggest trend in food today, and Yeo is the ideal expert to translate it for home cooks. Everyday Asian includes over one hundred recipes with far eastern, Indian and southeast Asian accents, including: --Chinese chicken salad with pickled vegetables --Seared tuna and three-bean salad --Toasted Walnut, Cheese and Chili Shortbread --Smoky eggplant and yogurt puree --Gingered Pineapple Glaze for Buffalo wings --Roasted five-spice chicken --Thai pork curry --Stir-fried beef with black beans --Baked coconut rice pudding