http://www.metafilter.com/tags/soups Posts tagged with 'soups' at MetaFilter. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:42:03 -0800 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:42:03 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/57647/Gimme%2DMo%2DPho <a href="http://www.phofever.com/index.php">Pho</a> (pronounced fuh), Hanoi's signature beef broth scented with ginger and anise, is one of the world's great culinary glories. Turns out it's not an ancient dish, but a 1950s-era syncretic product of the French occupation of Vietnam, which introduced the notion of boiling beef in a <i>pot au feu</i> (which may be the origin of the name). The heady, fragrant noodle soup is a global <a href="http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/bookshelf/articles/pho_SJM.htm">hit</a>, prompting an <a href="http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/features/pho-corlou.htm">international pho conference</a>, <a href="http://www.hewnandhammered.com/pho/">several</a> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/pholicious">good</a> <a href="http://stickyrice.typepad.com/">blogs</a>, and a sensual national obsession: "<a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,1214919,00.html">When Vietnamese talk of pho they think of sex</a>: 'We say that rice is a spouse, whereas pho is a lover.' " "<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/11/05/FD48543.DTL">Pho is life</a>, love and all things that matter." Tips on <a href="http://www.phofever.com/primer.php">eating</a> and <a href="http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/features/pho-variations.htm">cooking</a> pho - recipes and more inside. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57647 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:42:03 -0800 ambrosia food noodles pho recipes soup soups vietnam vietnamese CunningLinguist