Pho Bo

One morning not too long ago, I began thinking about pho, virtually the national dish of Vietnam. Typically, it is a beef soup with rice noodles and loads of aromatic garnishes. Such was the power of imagination that I determined to have it for dinner that night. Like most people, I don’t have enough hours in the day to do everything I’d like to do, but as a self-employed writer I’m flexible in how I chose to organize those hours. So, when the urge for pho struck, I knew I could make a one-