Vietnamese Food Any Day - by Andrea Nguyen (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Delicious, fresh Vietnamese food is achievable any night of the week with this cookbook's 80 accessible, easy recipes.

IACP AWARD FINALIST - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The Washington Post - Eater - Food52 - Epicurious - Christian Science Monitor - Library Journal

Drawing on decades of experience, as well as the cooking hacks her mom adopted after fleeing from Vietnam to America, award-winning author Andrea Nguyen shows you how to use easy-to-find ingredients to create true Vietnamese flavors at home--fast. With Nguyen as your guide, there's no need to take a trip to a specialty grocer for favorites such as banh mi, rice paper rolls, and pho, as well as recipes for Honey-Glazed Pork Riblets, Chile Garlic Chicken Wings, Vibrant Turmeric Coconut Rice, and No-Churn Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream. Nguyen's tips and tricks for creating Viet food from ingredients at national supermarkets are indispensable, liberating home cooks and making everyday cooking easier.

Review Quotes

Nguyen cleverly incorporates techniques and ingredients from other parts of the world into her Vietnamese recipes to make it possible for someone almost anywhere to shop and cook on any old weeknight.
--Bon Appetit

Nguyen's newest is as utilitarian as it is innovative.
--Publishers Weekly

"Packed with bold new recipes and expert advice, Vietnamese Food Any Day opens up a world of exciting flavors to cooks at any level. WIthin hours of getting my hands on this book, I charged into the kitchen to make Shaking Beef and Easy Soy Sauce-Glazed Zucchini. Both winners! I'll be adding these and many more of Andrea Nguyen's thoughtfully crafted recipes to my weeknight repertoire."
--Molly Stevens, author of All About Roasting and All About Braising

"Andrea Nguyen is a masterful and irrepressible guide to Vietnam's cuisine and culture. Vietnamese Food Any Day delivers big, bold flavors translated for the American kitchen. It's exotic simplicity at its best."
--Christopher Kimball, founder of Milk Street

"From beginners to more experienced cooks, everyone will benefit from Vietnamese Food Any Day, which demystifies ingredients and techniques so anyone can make extraordinary, authentic Vietnamese food at home. I've been using Andrea's recipes for years and each one has been a sure-fire hit. I'm thrilled to have this collection of favorites that are easy to master, from snacks and soups, to shaking beef and spicy sweet tofu!"
--David Lebovitz, author of My Paris Kitchen and The Perfect Scoop

Praise for The Pho Cookbook

With the same clarity and care displayed in her previous books, Nguyen guides even the nervous first-time pho navigator to slurp-worthy success.
--NPR.org, Best Books of 2017

Nguyen's recipes are a cook's dream...This is not unique to The Pho Cookbook; cooking from any of Nguyen's books is like listening to an incredibly patient friend explain a recipe over the telephone.
--Lucky Peach

Nguyen is a master teacher when it comes Vietnam's national dish, and in her new book she provides meticulously clear instructions for every imaginable variety--we recommend you cook through every chapter.
--Food & Wine

Nguyen is teaching a master class that ninth-graders can comprehend....[she] is respectfulof our time without diminishing quality.
--Food52

About the Author

A bank examiner gone astray, Andrea Nguyen is living out her childhood dream of being an award-winning writer, editor, teacher, and consultant. Her impactful books--Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, Asian Dumplings, Asian Tofu, The Banh Mi Handbook, and The Pho Cookbook--have been recognized by the James Beard Foundation, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and National Public Radio for their excellence. She edited Unforgettable, a biography cookbook about culinary icon Paula Wolfert. Andrea has contributed to many publications, including the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Lucky Peach, Saveur, and Cooking Light.