Thought I'd share The Vietnamese Cookbook (Capital Lifestyles)

[elleng]

as I just met the author, Diana My Tran. (She's making an outfit for me for my daughter's wedding.)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603413.The_Vietnamese_Cookbook

[Warpy]

1. Vietnamese cooking is something I'll leave to the experts

I do a chicken soup that is better than Mother Campbell's, but I've never been able to duplicate the stock they use for pho at the combination restaurant and car inspection station down the street. I have a feeling they start with a vat and add every bone they can get from every butcher in town and build it from there.

I find Chinese cooking to be a little more accessible than Vietnamese or Thai. YMMV.

[elleng]

2. Wish I could add to this, but have no experience.

May look at a recipe.

Here's one, with video. Not pho, but chicken noodle.

http://cookingvietnamesefood.com/vietnamese-recipes/vietnamese-chicken-noodle-with-bamboo-shoots-soup/