Chatelaine • April 26, 2022 A Guide To Buying And Cooking With Fish Sauce Known by many names, this pungent amber liquid distilled from fermented fish is what I reach for whenever I need some umami in my dishes, from stir-fries, soups to even pasta.
CultureMagazin® • April 11, 2022 Embrace Beauty and See the World Differently Award-winning novelist Kim Thúy discusses the theme of her latest book Em and reveals her writing process.
CBC • January 24, 2022 How welcoming Lunar New Year with bánh tét can connect us to our Vietnamese roots | Life When families all over the world observe the first day of Vietnamese Lunar New Year, a large part of the celebration — Tết, short for Tết Nguyên Đán — centres around food. And though each household may have their own feasting menu, the staple found...
CultureMagazin® • January 21, 2022 When Passion for Arts and Literature Becomes an Act of Activism | CultureMagazin® These publications are encouraging more diverse voices
Serious Eats • October 28, 2021 Beyond Phở: A Rice Paper Roll Platter Is Vietnam on a Tray For many people, the first things that come to mind when they think of Vietnamese food are hot bowls of phở and crusty bánh mi. But, for me, the meal that best represents Vietnamese cuisine is the rice roll platter. Often served as a beautiful spread,...
CultureMagazin® • August 18, 2021 Denise Sandquist Returns to Her Birthplace to Empower Vietnamese Women Does Vietnam need another dating app? This young entrepreneur thinks so.
CultureMagazin® • June 8, 2021 Salted Egg Yolk Is the Umami Ingredient You Need How a humble pantry staple opens the door to culinary exploration.
CBC • May 10, 2021 What to cook in May: Cold noodles and snappy salads to remind you that you like to cook! | Life We're more than a year into the pandemic, and the fatigue for us home cooks is real.
CultureMagazin® • April 21, 2021 Raising Children Between Cultures How immigrant families become more resilient in the face of challenges.
CultureMagazin® • April 19, 2021 How Sahra Nguyen is Elevating Vietnamese Coffee Nguyen Coffee Supply is building a socially just and equitable world, one cup of coffee at a time.
CultureMagazin® • February 19, 2021 Solving Scientific Problems Together Can we solve Canada’s opiod crisis with a long-lasting targeted painkiller delivery system? Can we inject drugs directly into the central nervous system to treat stroke and spinal cord injuries? How can we improve stem cell survival and tissue...
CultureMagazin® • February 9, 2021 How Celebrating Tết Connects Vietnamese to Their Roots Gratitude, togetherness and hope are the holiday’s essence, no matter what traditions people adopt.
Bon Appétit • December 7, 2020 Anything Water Can Do, Coconut Water Can Do Better Long before coconut water was a trendy sports drink, I adored it. During the annual summer trip to visit my grandmother, I gulped the refreshing liquid straight from the green husk my uncle had broken open with a machete just seconds earlier. My...
CBC • November 25, 2020 How to make kho — the ultimate Vietnamese comfort food | Life With summer days long gone and a distinct chill in the air, I dream of a bowl of warm rice, doused in the homey Vietnamese dish kho's sweet, salty and sticky sauce, with steamed cabbage on the side. That simple pleasure helped me survive my first...
CultureMagazin® • September 3, 2020 How the Vietnamese Diaspora Keeps the Phở Spirit Alive For more than 20 years, Tuấn Võ arrives at his restaurant at 8 a.m. and gets everything ready before the first guest comes at around 11 a.m. When service ends and all the staff have gone, he stays behind and continues preparing for the next day.
CultureMagazin® • July 27, 2020 Culinary Frank: “There Are No Boundaries Between Cuisines” You’re in bed at 10 PM, watching a knife mincing garlic and slicing pork while listening to the echo of the metallic blade hitting the wooden board. A moment later, the meat glistens in a viscous amber sauce on the stove, its sizzle amplified by the...
CultureMagazin® • June 30, 2020 A Look into Vietnamese Restaurants in Ontario During COVID-19 In the near future, your neighbourhood’s favourite Vietnamese restaurants may look different, with two-meter markers on the floor and hand sanitizer prominent on the table next to the condiment set. The dining room may be half-empty, with less...
My Joyous Lab • October 14, 2020 My Joyous Lab This is my personal blog, where I document everything related to food and cooking.
CultureMagazin® • August 6, 2020 Not Pho Me Please – Vietnam’s 1001 Noodle Soups Everybody knows phở is the touchstone of Vietnamese cuisine for the uninitiated. But the country offers a myriad of other noodle soups, as diverse and complex as the plot of One Thousand and One Nights, the renowned Middle Eastern folk tales. Make...
Food52 • March 17, 2016 Burmese Salads: Lacking in Greens, Huge in Flavor It was during university in Singapore that my concept of salad was completely uprooted. Coming from Vietnam, where salad is usually served as a side, I found my concept of the dish limited to a mixture of greens tossed in tangy dressing. But my job at...
