title: The Pho Cookbook: Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam's Favorite Soup and Noodles
author:  Andrea Nguyen 
description: &ldquo;Andrea Nguyen has done the English-speaking&#160;world a tremendous favor with this&#160;book, the most authoritative guide to pho&#160;I've ever seen. It dispels rumors, tells truths,&#160;and thoughtfully chronicles Vietnam's rich&#160;but underexplored soup culture. Andrea lays&#160;out the facts about pho in a way that makes&#160;you slurp them down, and then chases the&#160;lessons with a stack of recipes that will send&#160;you directly to the kitchen. The marriage&#160;of purpose and passion that she's brought&#160;to this book is a rare thing.&rdquo;<br><b>- DAVID CHANG,&#160;coauthor of <i>Momofuku</i> and cofounder of&#160;<i>Lucky Peach</i></b><br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;Andrea Nguyen is the world&rsquo;s greatest expert&#160;in Vietnamese cooking. Her latest book is a&#160;stunning and comprehensive guide to pho,&#160;that country&rsquo;s most delicious food. Everything&#160;you ever wanted to know about pho is here:&#160;how to make it, how to eat it, its history,&#160;its regional variations&mdash;and so much more.&#160;All lovers of Asian food need to own this&#160;most extraordinary book.&rdquo;<br><b>- JAMES OSELAND,&#160;author <i>Cradle of Flavor: Home Cooking from the&#160;Spice Islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore</i></b><br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;Andrea Nguyen is the kind of writer who&#160;doesn&rsquo;t just show you how to follow her&#160;recipes, she also teaches you how to be a&#160;better cook. This book is a fantastic example.&#160;You&rsquo;ll learn how to make delicious pho while&#160;also gaining a whole new sensibility around&#160;an unfamiliar pantry. Buy this book. Cook&#160;from it. You'll end up a far better cook than&#160;you were before.&rdquo;<br><b>- PIM TECHAMUANVIVIT,&#160;proprietress of Kin Khao</b><br> &#160;<br>"Nguyen&rsquo;s recipes are a cook&rsquo;s dream: well tested, easy to follow, and written in a friendly, conversational style. This is not unique to <i>The Pho Cookbook</i>; cooking from any of Nguyen&rsquo;s books is like listening to an incredibly patient friend explain a recipe over the telephone."<br><b>- Lucky Peach<br></b><br>"Nguyen is a master teacher when it comes Vietnam&rsquo;s national dish, and in her new book she&#160;provides meticulously clear instructions for every imaginable variety&mdash;we recommend you&#160;cook through every chapter."<b><br><b>- Food &amp; Wine<br><br></b></b>"With the same clarity and care displayed in her previous books, Nguyen guides even the nervous first-time pho navigator to slurp-worthy success."<b><b><br><b>- NPR.org, Best Books of 2017</b><br><br></b></b>"Great for: Pho addicts or home cooks enamored with fragrant broths and Vietnamese comfort food."<br><b>- Bay Area News Group<br><br></b>"For lovers of pho, the hearty and delicious Vietnamese noodle soup, this is a wonderfully approachable guide to making your own at home."<b><br><b><b>- NPR</b>'s Here &amp; Now Best Cookbooks of 2017&#160;</b></b>
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  _To Mother and Dad_
  
   **C** **ONTENTS**
  
    
    
  | __Introduction__  
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  PART I | _SOUP BASICS_  
  CHAPTER 1 | _T_ _HE_ _O_ _RIGINS AND_ _H_ _ISTORY OF_ _S_ _OUP_  
  CHAPTER 2 | _P_ _ROVERBIALLY_ _S_ _OUP_  
  CHAPTER 3 | _S_ _OUP_ _R_ _EFLECTIONS_  
  CHAPTER 4 | _S_ _TOCKS AND_ _F_ _OUNDATIONS_  
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  PART II | _SOUPS OF PASSAGE_  
  CHAPTER 5 | _T_ _O_ _C_ _ELEBRATE AND_ _R_ _ECOVER FROM_ _G_ _IVING_ _B_
  _IRTH_  
  | _CHINA:_ _Chicken Soup with Ginger or Sesame Oil_ _ _(Gee tong)__  
  | _FRANCE:_ _“Boiled Water” Garlic Soup_ _ _(Provençal’ l’aïgo boulido)__  
  | _JAPAN:_ _Cabbage and Clam Miso Soup_ _ _(Kyabetsu to asari no misoshiru)__  
  | _KOREA:_ _Clear Seaweed Soup_ _ _(Malgun miyok kuk)__  
  | _PUERTO RICO:_ _Spiced Chicken Noodle Soup_ _ _(Sopa de fideos y pollo) 45__  
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  CHAPTER 6 | _T_ _O_ _C_ _ELEBRATE_ _R_ _ELIGIOUS_ _C_ _ONFIRMATION_  
  | _DENMARK:_ _Meatball and Dumpling Soup_ _ _(Klarsuppe)__  
  |  
  CHAPTER 7 | _T_ _O_ _C_ _ELEBRATE_ _M_ _ARRIAGE … A