A Vietnamese mixed-bag of pickled vegetables, dua-món adds punch to the dish. “It’s leeks and carrots and daikon in a fish sauce brine,” says Phan. “It’s very salty and fishy.

Lunar New Year is just around the corner. In Vietnamese culture, the holiday is known as Tết, and this year it falls on Feb. 1. Here in the Bay Area, Tết provides no shortage of opportunities to ...

It’s not just Bay Area Vietnamese Americans who swoon for bánh tét. The mung bean, pork belly, and glutinous rice cakes are hugely popular, but the labor that goes into their creation is less so.

Fry it. The rice is seasoned and aromatic from the fresh banana leaves. It also crisps beautifully when pan-fried with a spot of vegetable oil. Also, eating too much mung bean can also make you ...

Lunar New Year 2023: Your guide to celebrating the Year of the Rabbit across Oklahoma City Banh Tet is one of two rice cakes eaten during Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebration.

On April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of the U.S.-backed Republic of South Vietnam, fell to the communist North, thus sparking a mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees, fleein… ...

1. When Does Tet Take Place? Tet usually falls between late January to mid-February and lasts for several days although some festivities may last longer. This year it falls today, January 22nd.

Mr. Pham, who writes a Vietnamese food blog with Kim Pham, his wife, brought a big batch of pickled vegetables. He encouraged everyone to take some home, and stepped in to help late arrivals with ...

My best memories of my childhood for Tet were from 1955-1962, after the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, but before the Americans arrived. I was then 5 to 12 years old.

Tet 1975 also began another Year of the Cat. How does that Al Stewart song go? On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter ...

Governor Jerry Brown announced that he has just signed a bill— SB 969 —that will permit the sale of banh tet and banh chung (Vietnamese rice cakes) at room temperature. The bill was first ...