Andrea Nguyen

Andrea Nguyen, M.A., is a bank examiner gone astray who’s living her childhood dream of writing impactful cookbooks and teaching people how to cook well. Her acclaimed books include Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, Asian Dumplings, Asian Tofu, The Banh Mi Handbook, and The Pho Cookbook. She also edited Unforgettable, a biography cookbook about culinary icon Paula Wolfert. Andrea has contributed to publications such as Lucky Peach, Saveur, the Wall Street Journal, and Cooking Light, where she is a monthly columnist.