I don’t know if you’re interested in trying to make Thai or Vietnamese style Sriracha, but Andrea Nguyen has this recent post (and recipe) where she makes both a “fresh” and a...

That’s fine, but I’m looking for what I had in Vietnam, which was high in Rice Flour. She is a Vietnamese-American Chef, she left Vietnam when she was 6. Not to take anything away from Andrea Nguyen, she had done a...

espresso, and another and another. For the home version, I just don’t have the time on a day to day basis to wait for the complete process. I stumbled upon this alternative but haven’t tried it yet. The article is by...

In Andrea Nguyen's cookbook Into the Vietnamese Kitchen there is a most excellent shrimp with tamarind. I use tamarind concentrate, it is easier to deal with. Your paste will need to be soaked in hot water squeezing it...

Thompson’s book is excellent. In a similar asian vein, I just got Cradle of Flavor by Oseland and Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen.

There’s a new book “Into the Vietnamese Kitchen” by Andrea Nguyen. I got it a couple of days ago, haven’t paged halfway through it, and haven’t cooked anything from it, yet. Can’t really say...

September 2008 Cookbooks of the Month: Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table by Mai Pham and Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen. Please post your full-length reviews of “main course” seafood recipes here. Please...

September 2008 Cookbooks of the Month: Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table by Mai Pham and Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen. Please post your full-length reviews of starter, snack and salad recipes here. Please mention...

calls for 1/2 rsp. sugar but my corn has been so sweet I have not added it. The author, Andrea Nguyen said they can lose their loft quickly so I added 1/4 tsp. baking powder. mix it all up well and drop about 2 tsp. of batter in...

't do it for me any more. Ellen Blonder’s book is a good start. Andrea Nguyen's new book will be out in Sept.

My favorite summer time cooking is Vietnamese. Light, fresh, lots of veg and herbs. I have several Vietnamese cookbooks which I love. My current favorite is the new book, Into the Vietnamese Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen. South...

No BM at the Kenner/Metairie Pho Bang. For homemade bahn mi (no tacked-on Ss needed to indicate plurality), my favorite protein is ga nuong (grilled chicken). I use a recipe from Andrea Nguyen's Vietnamese Table...

Order hog casings—ha! Makes me happy to live where you can buy hog casings in the cold case at the supermarket....my latest meat fixation is vietnamese charcuterie—Andrea Nguyen's book (much discussed on other threads...

This banana cake fromAndrea Nguyen's Into the Vetnamese ktchen is a knockout. http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/cgrover/?action=view&current=P6030004.jpghttp://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/cgrover/? We had it ar an Asian pot...

need to invest in some good local maps for me to study. I was also struck by something that Andrea Nguyen (of Viet World Kitchen website) mentioned on her site about Seaside. Something about it being a multicultural mix of people...