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C O N T E N T S
Vietnamese
Food and Traditions
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Readers of Into the Vietnamese Kitchen
Ingredients
and Techniques
Culinary
Q&A with Visitors
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What's
Cooking offers articles highlighting particularly interesting aspects
of Vietnamese food and culture. This section provides explanations on
the context and evolution of Viet culinary traditions. You'll also find
useful information on cooking techniques and ingredients. Even if you
never cook from the accompanying recipes, you'll gain tons of knowledge
that will make you popular at cocktail parties!
Here's
a listing of what's been cooking in the kitchen and on my mind:
Vietnamese
Food and Traditions
- Mid-Autumn
Festival: Origin, legends and activities of the second important
holiday of the year for Vietnamese people. (on blog)
- Feasts
for the New Year:
Food, customs, and traditions for Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year
celebration.
- A
Recipe for Tet Eve: Not a recipe per se, but some sentiments
to keep on the back burner!
- Blooming
Blossoms for Tet: Photo of hoa dao (peach) blossoms in bloom
for the new year.
- Get
Snippy: A few tips on how scissors are used in the Viet kitchen
and at the Viet table.
- Descriptive
food terms: A few key words to impress hardcore Viet foodies.
- Eating
and Shopping in HCMC (Saigon): A short foodie report
from a kitchen visitor Evonne Tay, who lives in Singapore.
- The
Evolution of Pho:
The jumping off point to the kitchen's tribute to Vietnam's national
noodle soup. This is an article published in the San Jose Mercury News'
award-winning "Food and Wine" section. There's history, cooking
and eating tips, recipes, and more.
- Pho:
A booklet written and compiled by Didier Corlou, executive chef at the
Sofitel Metropole in Hanoi on the origins of pho noodle soup.
- Transitions
in Taste in Vietnam and the Diaspora: A research article on
the changing food culture in Vietnam and among Vietnamese-Australians.
- Vietnamese
Food Absorbs Best of Colonialist Fare
(.pdf*): A San Jose Mercury News Food & Wine section article
on French influences in Viet food
- Taste
of Tet: An L.A. Times Food section article that focuses on
the Viet method of simmering food in a caramel-based sauce
For
Readers of Into the Vietnamese Kitchen Cookbook
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