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Andrea Nguyen, Vietnamese Food Any Day

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 7:00pm
Andrea Nguyen Vietnamese Food Any Day Bookshop Santa Cruz

Bookshop is delighted to welcome back award-winning culinary writer Andrea Nguyen for a discussion and signing of her new book, Vietnamese Food Any Day. Delicious, fresh Vietnamese food is achievable any night of the week with this cookbook's 80 accessible, easy recipes. Recipe samplings will be served at this event.

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.

“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

ANDREA NGUYEN is an author, teacher, and consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Vietnam, she came to the United States at the age of six. She has written Into the Vietnamese KitchenThe Banh Mi HandbookThe Pho CookbookAsian Dumplings, and Asian Tofu. Andrea's food writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Saveur, and Cooking Light, where she is also a columnist.

This free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. If you have any ADA accommodations requests, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by February 24th.

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$24.99
ISBN: 9780399580352
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ten Speed Press - February 5th, 2019