Bánh mì literally translates to bread in Vietnamese, so the Vietnamese baguette is the most iconic part of this sandwich — cotton-soft in the middle and with a paper-thin crust on the outside. In ...
Baguettes reached Vietnam via French colonizers in the mid-19 th century but were a luxury due to the price of imported wheat. To save money during World War I, Vietnamese bakers began mixing cheap ...
As the Little Saigon community gathers to celebrate Tết, the Lunar New Year, we know a little bit more about its residents than before in its nearly 50 years. Many of this year’s celebrations ...