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  • What Is Cardamom? Meet The Queen of Spices
    08 21 2018

    What Is Cardamom? Meet The Queen of Spices

    Prized for its aroma, cardamom is one of the most expensive spices in the world (third after saffron and vanilla). Its scent is a cross between mint and eucalyptus, a quality that distinguishes cardamom among the rest.

  • The Tea That Mesmerises Drinkers
    01 30 2018

    The Tea That Mesmerises Drinkers

    Tea has been an essential part of Vietnamese life for thousands of years. It is believed that the refreshing beverage not only calms the mind, but also helps ward off a number of common diseases.

  • Is Vietnamese Food Really Healthy?
    09 11 2017

    Is Vietnamese Food Really Healthy?

    Vietnamese food is delicious and it is often cited as one of the healthiest cuisines in the world.

  • Pork in Grapefruit Leaves: A Mường Delicacy
    08 23 2017

    Pork in Grapefruit Leaves: A Mường Delicacy

    Many people are familiar with grilled pork, but far fewer have ever tasted grilled pork wrapped in grapefruit leaves.

  • Mighty Thyme: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About This Tiny Herb
    08 18 2017

    Mighty Thyme: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About This Tiny Herb

    You wouldn’t know it just by looking at them but the small leaves of thyme are full of flavor and potent antiseptic properties. This has made thyme a preferred herb in the medical community as well as in kitchens.

  • Festival Food Gives New Meaning to ’Killer’ Fare
    05 30 2017

    Festival Food Gives New Meaning to ’Killer’ Fare

    The healthy aspect of many Vietnamese traditions and festivals is perhaps most exemplified by the Đoan Ngọ Festival, which is celebrated on the fifth of the fifth lunar month.

  • 7 Of The World’s Most Expensive Spices
    05 26 2017

    7 Of The World’s Most Expensive Spices

    Imagine paying five figures for mere fistfuls of spice.

  • Fish Skin Salad
    05 12 2017

    Fish Skin Salad

    In the memories of Phu Yen’s old men, there was always soapfish in the last season of the year. It is a type of shark which has the-one-and-only delicious skin.

  • Craving for The Fruits That Quenching the Thirst!
    04 03 2017

    Craving for The Fruits That Quenching the Thirst!

    The spices that raising up gastronomical stream inside us are so plentiful. The mellow and unforgettable strong taste of them, however, just can be counted on fingers. The fruits of A. Tonkinensis swaying in late summer, are among them.

  • To live longer, eat like the Japanese
    03 28 2017

    To live longer, eat like the Japanese

    Japanese diet includes variety of fish, vegetables, soya beans and so on, which helps reduce health risks and increase life expectancy.

  • Sea Salt – The Flavor of Oceans
    01 16 2017

    Sea Salt – The Flavor of Oceans

    Too much or too little of salt can cause illness for human beings. People who work in medical field have tended to disgrace because people have been eating too much salt.

  • Stewed chicken with pink mandarin
    11 26 2016

    Stewed chicken with pink mandarin

    The chefs in Dong Thap Province cook chicken with pink mandarin so as to obtain the pretty color broth for New Year well-wishes, and the slightly sour flavor to dissipate the fatty foods or the early Spring piquant glass of wine.

  • Northern Vietnamese Food: The convergence of highland and flatland specialties
    09 28 2016

    Northern Vietnamese Food: The convergence of highland and flatland specialties

    Diverse use of mountain spices, decent presentation of agricultural commodities and the introduction of metropolitan food culture are among remarkable afterglow that 22 teams had brought to the competition for all professional chefs in the North of Viet Nam.

  • A dish from pitcher plant flowers
    11 30 2015

    A dish from pitcher plant flowers

    According to Food Expert Chiem Thanh Long, pitcher plants have long been used as a folk medicine to treat diseases related to the liver. It is dried and boiled with water to be drunk like tea.

  • A choir with many tones
    10 26 2015

    A choir with many tones

    Recently everytime going down to Can Gio mangrove forest or the remote islands, like Phu Quoc or Cu Lao Cham, we usually hear stories from chefs about the spices used in the Golden Spoon contest.

  • Using this fermentation process rather than others
    05 06 2015

    Using this fermentation process rather than others

    If you want to use an example to describe an intensive battle nothing better illustrates the point than the daily battle inside one’s intestines.

  •  “Bánh gio”- Sticky rice cake as beautiful as amber
    12 01 2014

    “Bánh gio”- Sticky rice cake as beautiful as amber

    The taste of the cake mix is that of a cross between the cool of the sticky rice wrapper, the sweet of the molasses and the moisture of the sticky rice with a smell of “lá chít” (sorrel) - which smells lightly of ammonia.

  • Where can you find a pharmacy in such a vast openness?
    10 20 2014

    Where can you find a pharmacy in such a vast openness?

    At the international workshop on biological medicine, organized annually in Wiesbaden, Germany, most of cardiologists stressed that everyone should eat fish as it is one of the dishes that can help to prevent heart disease.

  • Mangosteen salad from the orchards of Lai Thieu
    09 18 2014

    Mangosteen salad from the orchards of Lai Thieu

    Sitting in the shadow of the orchard, a sense of peace washes over while enjoying mangosteen salad. The hot sun of June and July burns brightly, but even the worries of daily activities cannot distract.

  • Winning with confidence by using healthy ingredients
    09 13 2014

    Winning with confidence by using healthy ingredients

    With food safety a constant concern as prevalent as the bloom of water hyacinth in wet season, many people worry that after they eat they will need to see a doctor.

  • Various recipes using Piper Lolot
    09 04 2014

    Various recipes using Piper Lolot

    Saigonese use piper lolot only for grilled beef, but Chef Cong Ngoc Do from Hai Dang Plaza in Hai Phong City stated that he make makes 50 dishes using it.

  • Using mushrooms to resolve mold/ fungal infections
    08 23 2014

    Using mushrooms to resolve mold/ fungal infections

    If you ask 10 people about multiple mold infections 9 will immediately think of viral and bacterial infections. It is easy to understand, because HN viral and Helicobacter bacteria are the common issues in current mass communication.

  • Breakfast in western or local style?
    08 14 2014

    Breakfast in western or local style?

    In order to have enough energy as well as proper nutrition for physicality, everyone should eat three meals per day. Each meal certainly has its own role and nutritional value.

  • Be thankful for good health
    07 26 2014

    Be thankful for good health

    Through in-depth knowledge of the structure and function of cells, genetic experts have claimed that cells in the human body are strong enough to achieve long life.

  • Delicacies reach all parts of the tongue
    06 27 2014

    Delicacies reach all parts of the tongue

    The surface of the tongue has a network of neurosensory receptors and nerves that help you to be able to taste. It is very sensitive so the tongue can easily recognize sweet, bitter, spicy or sour flavors.

  • Wild pig
    06 19 2014

    Wild pig

    Whilst the wild pig is not considered to be the most beautiful of animals, their meat is extremely good. It is considered like the old saying “handsome is as handsome does”.

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