{"id":194,"date":"2007-08-21T23:00:04","date_gmt":"2007-08-21T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp_genova\/?p=194"},"modified":"2007-08-21T23:00:04","modified_gmt":"2007-08-21T23:00:04","slug":"this-week-on-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/this-week-on-fo\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Thought &#8211; Into the Vietnamese Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"\/images\/2007\/08\/21\/img_5205_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/images\/2007-small\/08\/21\/img_5205_3.jpg\" title=\"Img_5205_3\" alt=\"Img_5205_3\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a> This week on Food For Thought meet Andrea Nguyen, author of Into The Vietnamese Kitchen.&nbsp; She demystifies the home-cooking aspects of this fresh and vibrant cuisine. You can visit her website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vietworldkitchen.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also listen to an mp3 of the 5-minute Food For Thought documentary by clicking <a href=\"\/files\/fft-aug22-07.mp3\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"\/images\/2007\/08\/22\/vietkitchen_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/images\/2007-small\/08\/22\/vietkitchen_2.jpg\" title=\"Vietkitchen_2\" alt=\"Vietkitchen_2\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a> Andrea&#8217;s cookbook is a great place to get started on making your own Vietnamese cuisine at home.&nbsp; If you follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1580086659\/pacificpala0d-20\">this link<\/a> to purchase the book through amazon.ca, you&#8217;ll save over $16.00 off the cover price.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"\/images\/2007\/08\/22\/img_5351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/images\/2007-small\/08\/22\/img_5351.jpg\" title=\"Img_5351\" alt=\"Img_5351\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a> Last night I made a couple of dishes from her book, and they both turned out in an amazing fashion.&nbsp; I wanted to keep some for leftovers, and had to battle my wife Ramona to keep her from gobbling down the entire serving of this cucumber salad.&nbsp; Here is the <a href=\"\/files\/cucumber_and_shrimp_salad.doc\">recipe<\/a>  , courtesy of Andrea Nguyen, which will open as a Word document.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/2007\/08\/22\/img_5357.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Img_5357\" title=\"Img_5357\" src=\"\/images\/2007-small\/08\/22\/img_5357.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a> <br \/>The other recipe I made was for grilled boneless chicken thighs, which were delicious in their simplicity with a marinade consisting of oil, lime juice, fish sauce and lots and lots of black pepper.&nbsp; You then make a fresh dipping sauce at the table in individual dishes using wedges of lime, salt, pepper and hot chili peppers.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"\/files\/grilled_vietnamese_chicken_thighs.doc\">recipe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Food For Thought meet Andrea Nguyen, author of Into The Vietnamese Kitchen.&nbsp; She demystifies the home-cooking aspects of this fresh and vibrant cuisine. 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