Entire countries and businesses have been greatly affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. My food trips have been canceled, the...
Vietnam, a country scarred by blood and fighting in the 1960s, was always an off-the-beaten-track route for tourists. I remember buying old postcards of French colonial buildings in Saigon (the old name of Ho Chi Minh) in a flea market in Vienna in the late ’80s.
Istanbul in Turkey, Bangkok in Thailand and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam have been identified as some of the...
On my first trip to Vietnam to do taping of our TV show, I had visa problems. Work was delayed by almost three days, so upon arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, all I did was catch up with work and eating.
Vietnamese cuisine is one of my all-time favorites. Excitement was an understatement when our TV show “Foodprints” made plans to...
