For the London-based cookbook author, Vietnamese cooking is a careful balance of bold flavors, fresh herbs and no shortage of exciting ways to eat vegetables.

A childhood trick involving a splash of fish sauce and a sprinkle of sugar turns those dollar store cans into something transcendent.

Get to know the sweeter side of fish sauce.

Each Southeast Asian take on peanut sauce tells a different story.

When seafood is slowly fermented with salt, the result is a briny, savory blast of umami that can transform dishes and inspire lifelong love affairs.

You can make any rice paper salad your own, as long as you follow a few loose rules.

Forty years after the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese restaurants in America are still a tribute to a time and a place that no longer exists: 1970s Saigon.