About
A culinary bridge builder and leading authority on Asian food, Andrea Nguyen was born in Vietnam and came to the United States at the age of six as a refugee. She has authored seven acclaimed cookbooks, including The Pho Cookbook, a James Beard Foundation award winner. Her latest work, Ever-Green Vietnamese, a plant-led cookbook packed with over 125 tasty, doable and timeless recipes, released in 2023.
A former Saveur contributing editor and Cooking Light columnist, Andrea holds a master’s degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She has written articles and developed recipes for Food & Wine, EatingWell, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times. Epicurious named her one of the 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time.
Andrea lives in Santa Cruz, California, where she does most of her writing, teaching, and podcasting. Stay in touch!
Featured Work
Ever-Green Vietnamese
Vietnamese food isn't all about beef pho and meaty banh mi. It's about agriculture. Ever-Green Vietnamese, a jam-packed, stunning cookbook, explores traditions and presents my modern interpretations of traditional Vietnamese plant-based eating and cooking. There are over 125 plant-filled recipes and flexitarian options for doable, global flavors and sustainable, healthy living.
The book is published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Media coverage (thus far): Eater Best Cookbooks of Spring 2023, Tasting Table Most Anticipated & Best Cookbooks for Beginners, Spring 2023, Bon Appetit, People, Sunset, Woman’s Day, Food and Wine, Wall Street Journal, National Post (Canada), Epicurious, Tasting Table, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Eater, Everything Cookbooks, Edible San Francisco, Edible East Bay, Simply Recipes, Edible Monterey Bay, Good Food (KCRW), the Sporkful, Taste Cooking, Mess Hall, Wordloaf, California Table, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Food Issues, Infatuasian, Smithsonian Associates
