Introduction

One of the things that I love doing with my mother is helping her prepare meals. Since when I was young to this today, when my parents had family reunions and parties and when they perform their customary and traditional prayer where they offer food and light incents to the Buddha and the Lady of Mercy every month, I would always wake up early in the morning with my mom and help her prepare the dishes and entrees where my duties would be from peeling garlic cloves to cooking some of the side dishes. Because of this, I was able to inherit some of my mother’s culinary knowledge that she gained from her own mother and just through her own creativity and ingenuity.

(Mom with grandson)

This blog is to share some of my cooking knowledge that I inherited and learned from my Vietnamese mother. I will cover the 5 times of eating (in no particular order): breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and dessert! All are which are Vietnamese influenced.