Four classic dishes from Southeast Louisiana, from first course to coffee. Click a dish name to open its full recipe.
A dark-roux stew with shrimp, crab, and okra, served over rice.
A one-pot rice dish with sausage, chicken, and shrimp.
Puffy fried squares of dough buried in powdered sugar.
Strong chicory coffee mixed half and half with hot milk.
Part 1 questions, a Part 2 cue card, and Part 3 discussion questions built around these four dishes.
Our recipes use US measures. Vietnam uses the metric system, so here are the words and the conversions.
| English | Tiếng Việt | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| teaspoon (tsp) | muỗng cà phê / thìa cà phê | about 5 ml |
| tablespoon (tbsp) | muỗng canh / thìa canh | about 15 ml |
| cup | cốc (cup của Mỹ) | about 240 ml |
| pinch | nhúm | a very small amount |
| ounce (oz) | ao-xơ | about 28 g |
| pound (lb) | pao | about 450 g |
| inch | inch | about 2.5 cm |
| gram / kilogram | gam / ki-lô-gam (ký) | 1 kg = 1,000 g |
| milliliter / liter | mi-li-lít / lít | 1 l = 1,000 ml |
| degrees Fahrenheit (°F) | độ F | 360°F = 182°C |
| degrees Celsius (°C) | độ C | °C = (°F − 32) × 5 ÷ 9 |
| English | Tiếng Việt |
|---|---|
| menu | thực đơn |
| course | món (trong bữa ăn) |
| first course / appetizer | món khai vị |
| main course | món chính |
| dessert | món tráng miệng |
| drink / beverage | đồ uống |
| serves 6 | dành cho 6 người ăn |
| recipe | công thức nấu ăn |
| ingredient | nguyên liệu |
| the holy trinity (onion, celery, bell pepper) | bộ ba thần thánh |