Soup for the soul...

It's the second day of the new year.  Ironically, it's off to a slow start but I'm not complaining!  I find myself waking up earlier and earlier in the morning...sometimes as early as 5:30AM! The scary part is that I am full of energy and most ready for the day. Something has shifted in my body chemically - maybe, it's menopause! (ha)


(Random Thoughts)
I am captivated by a new book that I received for Christmas entitled: Mr. Darcey's Diary...a journal of Darcey's thoughts from Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice...

(More Random Thoughts)
It's still hard to believe that we are in a new year - there was something to be said about 2010.

Looking back: I will have to document 2010 as a great year with many goals accomplished and old friends found!

Looking back: I will recall it the year of taking RISKS in exchange for GROWTH!

Looking forward: 2011 is about FOCUS and BUILDING! and cooking!

The origin of phở is uncertain, and is mostly culled from oral histories. While a distinctly Vietnamese dish, phở has French and Chinese influences. Still, the consensus among academics, diners and restaurateurs is that it originated about a century ago in northern Vietnam.  The specific place of origin appears to be southwest of Hanoi in Nam Dinh province, then a substantial textile market, where cooks sought to please both Vietnamese (local rice noodles - originally of Chinese origin) and French tastes (cattle before the French arrival being beasts of burden, not frequently sources of beef). It was originally sold by vendors from large boxes, until the first phở restaurant was opened in the 1920s in Hanoi.



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