Vietnamese cuisine (cuisine translates to ẩm thực in Vietnamese: ẩm: drink and thực: food) is known for its common use of fish sauce, soy sauce and hoisin sauce. Vietnamese recipes use many vegetables, herbs and spices, including lemon grass, lime, and kaffir lime leaves. Throughout all regions the emphasis is always on serving fresh vegetables and/or fresh herbs as side dishes along with dipping sauce. The Vietnamese also have a number of Buddhist vegetarian dishes. The most common meats used in Vietnamese cuisine are pork, beef, prawns, various kinds of tropical fish, and chicken. Duck and goat/lamb are used much less widely.

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A senior Democratic senator is pushing the leadership of the Senate to include a temporary expansion of Food Stamp benefits in the economic stimulus package now under development in Congress.

The economic stimulus plan announced today by House leaders and the Bush administration ignores two of the most important and effective methods to provide a quick economic boost—extension of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and increased food stamp benefits—and is weighted far too heavily with business, says the AFL-CIO.