Annotated Video Excerpts

Full videos will be archived and available to researchers at a future date.
See the archive guide for an index of each video’s contents.

Chef/food stylist Thu Pham Buser, and her partner, Taylor Buser on how her mom taught her to find beauty even in the most difficult times

Nhu Ton, chef/owner of Banh and Banh Anh Em, on why she loves charcoal

Lauren Tran, chef/owner of Banh By Lauren, on her family’s love of French pastry

Phoebe Tran, chef/owner of Be Bep, on revisiting her mom’s recipes

Dennis Ngo, former chef at An Choi & Di An Di, on his dad’s “chicken bone salad”

Chef Phuong Mai & Mixologist Dung Mai of Moc Mac and High Lua on Vietnamese food in Norway

Eric Tran, chef/owner of Falansai, on food and Vietnamese time

Tuan Nguyen, owner of Larry’s Ca Phe, on Viet Nam’s slow coffee culture

Khuyen Kim Le, owner of Le Phin, with the 3-cup phin coffee brewer she designed

Thao Bui, chef/owner of An Xoi and Van Van, on meningioma, war, and food