The pho Cookbook : : Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam's Favorite Soup and Noodles

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Call Number: 641.5959 Ng
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Includes index.
What is Pho? -- The Pho manual -- Master Pho -- Pho add-ons -- Adventurous Pho -- Stir-fried, panfried, and deep-fried Pho -- Pho sidekicks.
"Author Andrea Nguyen first tasted pho in Vietnam as a child, sitting at a Saigon street stall with her parents. That experience sparked a lifelong love of the iconic noodle soup, long before it became a cult food item in the United States. Here Andrea dives deep into pho&#x;s lively past, visiting its birthplace and then teaching you how to successfully make it at home. Options range from quick weeknight cheats to impressive weekend feasts with broth and condiments from scratch, as well as other pho rice noodle favorites. Over fifty versatile recipes, including snacks, salads, companion dishes, and vegetarian and gluten-free options, welcome everyone to the pho table. With a thoughtful guide on ingredients and techniques, plus evocative location photography and deep historical knowledge, The Pho Cookbook enables you to make this comforting classic your own,"--Amazon.com.

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History of Pho submitted by hadleysnicole on June 26, 2018, 9:11am The Pho Cookbook by Andrea Nguyen is an in-depth introduction to pho and its history. The book is split into six sections Pho Manual, Master Pho, Adventurous Pho, Pho Add-ons, Stir-fried, Pan-fried pho and Deep-fried Pho and Pho Sidekicks. Each section is includes high quality photographs that show both food and life in Vietnam.

An excellent book, both from the point of view of the approach and extensive documentation, as well as a sample of quality food writing. Beyond the useful directions and details about how to prepare the traditional Pho, and the meals to match with, the reader is also offered anthropological observations about the history of this meal and other insider information based on frequent visits to Vietnam and direct experience in her mother’s restaurant.

The book provided many variations of Pho, which I am looking forward to trying out. While I haven’t yet made any of the recipes, I did read over them and they vary in skill and level of difficulty, which is something I appreciate as a lover of Pho as well as a lover of easy recipes.

Good for Some People, but not Simple submitted by krogers on June 12, 2023, 11:04am Tried a few recipes and they were good, but couldn’t manage to make much of substance b/c even the “simple” recipes were lengthy and time-consuming. Probably good if you are retired, able to spend most of your time cooking, or otherwise have too much time on your hands. But for those already struggling with work-life balance, this won’t help.