This year’s Tet celebrations begin on Jan. 21, the eve of several days of festivities welcoming the lunar new year. Although it isn’t a traditional Tet dish, when it comes to Vietnamese entrees, my ...

If you've never tried it before, nuoc cham is a classic Vietnamese condiment with a fish sauce base. That fish sauce funk gets complexified with a dimensional lineup of sugar, lime juice, soy sauce, ...

I'm often asked what in the Vietnamese culinary repertoire is quick and easy. My answer? Sauces - or as we say in Vietnam, nuoc cham: or dipping sauces. Unlike in many Western traditions where the ...

Nuoc cham is a quintessential dipping sauce in Vietnamese cuisine. At its core, it’s made of fish sauce, sugar and lime juice, but there are endless possibilities to customize it with additional ...

When I was young and my parents went out, my Vietnamese babysitter would make grilled lemongrass pork chops. I loved ripping the smoky meat from the bones with my teeth and licking the sticky bits off ...

If nuoc cham, the all-purpose Vietnamese condiment, isn’t already in your bag of tricks (or your vocabulary—it’s pronounced nuke chom), it should be. Bright, tangy, and packed with umami, it enlivens ...