Charles Phan, the chef and owner of The Slanted Door in San Francisco, models his pork burgers topped with pickled carrots ...

Bún chả (or grilled Vietnamese meatballs over rice noodles), one of the dishes Anthony Bourdain enjoyed most during lunch with President Obama, is not too difficult to replicate at home.

Bún chả is a popular Vietnamese street food originally from Hanoi. My simplified version has fried pork sausage meatballs, rice noodles, fresh veg and an easy tangy sauce. But you might taste ...

In Vietnam, they tend to serve the rice noodles in a small bowl (or on a plate), the meatballs and grilled meat with the fish sauce in another bowl and the lettuce and herbs in a separate bowl or ...