What is Pho? Pho is Vietnamese comfort soup, think noodle soup with an extra kick. The fragrant broth (either chicken or beef) is seasoned with coriander, cloves, star anise and the secret ingredient fish sauce. Before eating one garnishes the soup with bean sprouts, cilantro, chili peppers, limes and an assortment of other delicious sauces.

Ga xe phay also known as Vietnamese cabbage and chicken salad is a great salad to make with leftover chicken, it is lightly seasoned with fresh herbs and a slightly spicy dressing.

This is an easy dinner for a hot summer night or for when you are counting (cutting) calories. Marinated pork is pan grilled and then gently rolled in a bed of fresh herbs and assorted veggies to make these tasty spring rolls.

Vietnamese salad (Gỏi ) is a great addition to your diet, not only are they light and refreshing but they are fairly easy and full of flavor. This particular salad is made with cool cucumbers, spicy chilies, pork and fresh shrimp, prefect for an easy summer dinner.

Star Anise Braised Pork Belly and with quail eggs (Thit Heo Kho Hoa Hoi), which translates for us to: pork, pork fat drippings and caramel sauce.

This week is officially our first week of 2009.  Over the colds!  Ready to tackle the New Year!  Just like the millions of people out there we are also attempting to change our nasty habits, …

We had plans to spin tonight, after all, we are doing a big ride on Saturday;  but, then we realized that the debates were on.   So, it became a rest night.  After, doing a …

I spent the day with my favorite MEM. It was a day of culinary capers as well. We started off with a walk down to the 18th Street Bi-Rite festival, where we tasted …