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ChilliGal's avatar

I’ve been doling out viet chile sauce to anyone who comes near - it’s completely addictive and utterly versatile. I spread it on everything (makes a miracle of a humble bacon cob) and adds a ‘something’ to stir fries, roasted vegetables and... well to say I was chomping through yoghurt and muesli this morning, dull as ditchwater and wondered....

Well deserved recognition by the NYT - you must be super proud

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

When I put this together, I thought of you and how much adore this chile sauce. It thrills me to spicy bits.

Thanks for cooking from EGV this year. That makes me super proud too.

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Marion Rollings PhD's avatar

“Dull as ditchwater” lol. 😂 When I make my chili sauce batch I am going to want to do the same.

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ChilliGal's avatar

Im sure you will - its pretty obsessive as a condiment 😂😎😂

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Indeed it is!

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Kerri Conan's avatar

Thank you for the shoutout, Andrea! Indeed very much well-deserved acknowledgement for EGV! Congratulations again! (And ditto on the matcha cookies...)

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

You're a true friend, Kerri. Thanks so much!

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LisaDuv's avatar

Congratulations 🎉 how wonderful to be recognized by the New York Times!

I’ve learned so much from your book and Substack about Vietnamese food. My husband and I are going to Vietnam (our first time) in March. I’m so excited!

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Hi Lisa! It's so cool. Thanks for noting the NYT mention.

So happy to have you here at PTFS. You'll have an awesome trip in March. It's a good time of. year to visit.

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Mary Khan's avatar

Just saw the NYT Best Cookbooks article! Congrats- so well-deserved

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Thank you, Mary!

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Marion Rollings PhD's avatar

Congratulations on the well deserved attention your book is getting!!! I LOVE the idea of hot sauce for gifts! Perfect! going to start making them this weekend.

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Yes!!! Time to mine the markets for chili peppers! Thanks for the good wishes, Marion!

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Emily's avatar

I have an extremely robust collection of glass jars ready to repurpose, to reduce waste and also so I’m always prepared for gifting. I haven’t thought of saving plastic honey containers but it makes sense for chile sauce!

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Fantastic! Homemade chili sauce will spread throughout your community! And, you'll get rid of some of those jars. The honey bears are too adorable to waste...

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Laura Scherb's avatar

Love the idea of gifting sauces. And many congrats on the recognition. It’s so well deserved!

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Packaged a certain way, hot sauces are certainly part of the holiday spirit.

Thank you for your kind words, Laura!

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Maia Chakerian's avatar

I really enjoyed reading this! Congratulations, Andrea! Can’t wait to try the matcha cookies!

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Thank you, Maia. The matcha cookies are really fun.

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Eva Lyons's avatar

Andrea, THANK YOU!!! I have been trying with limited success for literally 42 years to make candied orange peels. So many recipes say to remove the white pith, which makes no sense. You gave me the courage to try again. I followed your recipe carefully and they are perfect. Using the chicken frying pan is a genius idea. Maybe I will share some for gifts or maybe I will eat them all! Thank you again.

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

You are so welcome! I have seen those recipes too. There’s barely anything left if you remove the pith. Candied orange peel conquered! Yay!

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Jolene Handy's avatar

Congratulations, Andrea! ❤️👏👏👏

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Andrea Nguyen's avatar

Thank you so much, Jolene! Your support means the world.

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Jolene Handy's avatar

Well deserved! ❤️

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