Phu Tho is a land favored by nature, with an early-developed agricultural production, and an open and free life in the village community built during the time of King Hung. With the culture of the dawn of founding the country, the people of To ancestry soon knew how to create and enjoy delicious foods and drinks.

From rice seeds, beans, sesame seeds, molasses, tubers, fruits, our ancestors have made hundreds of sticky rice, candies and candies. From vegetable shoots, fruits, shrimps, birds and animals in mountain forests, rivers, swamps, along with crowded flocks of cattle, buffaloes, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, swans, geese, goats, dogs, prepared turns out hundreds of delicious and nutritious dishes.

 Not only did our father invent delicious food, but he also cleverly made it into a table in different ways: vegetarian, salty, pie, fruit, plank, rice broth, soup enough smell. The cultural element in cuisine is indispensable. When eating rice, children and grandchildren must invite their parents and grandparents, the lower person invites the person above, having the best food first to invite grandparents and parents and giving priority to the youngest child in the house. When a guest, always arranged a sumptuous meal, the whole family offered to take care of guests while eating. When having a table to invite cousins ​​to join the villagers, such as getting married to their children, longing and celebrating the great deal, the host must have the invitation to each tray. When arranging seats, people also pay attention to arranging the age of the old man with the old man, the old lady with the old lady, the son with the boy, the girl with the girl. That means there is religious order.
In the village festivals of the ancestral land, there have been many competitions for a long time, based on activities in agricultural life such as cooking rice, making rice cakes, baking competitions ... these were all cultural activities. meaningful power.
The rules of cooking rice are all associated with the legend of Hùng Vương and Tản Viên. O Huu Bo (Lam Thao) is said to make customary cooking of rice to commemorate King Hung's instruction to the princesses to cook rice. The cooking contest - a cultural activity - took place in many places on the land of the Patriarch.

 Doan Ha Village (Thanh Thuy) on the Da River prepares rice for the Lunar New Year festival, the fourth day of the first lunar month. According to the elderly, that day, Tan Vien went to Tet holiday to take his father-in-law, stopped at Doan Ha ... The local people cooked rice and slaughtered pigs to invite Son Thanh. Gia Du hamlets, Vuc Truong commune (Tam Nong), Kinh Shel commune (Lam Thao), Dao Xa commune (Thanh Thuy) ... also practice cooking rice.
There is also a custom of making cakes and making cakes. These tests require even more advanced techniques for food processing and cooking. Exam cooking at home, while making bakeries, they make it at the host house, then take them to home. In many localities in Phu Tho, there is a custom of making cakes but most of them have thick cakes, and some places take cakes and donuts. Banh chung and thick cake are two kinds of "fairy only" cakes in Vietnam cake village in general and the land in particular - Banh chung only sacrifices gods so it does not compete, thick cake is also the first cake of god's sacrifice. Linh was brought to the kitchen talent contest. To get a delicious and flexible cake, the first stage is the cocoon of rice, the selected rice is loaded into a brass tray and selected each grain. When the rice is cooked, pounded and then pounded, then catch the cake. Cakes are caught with wine and chicken egg yolks.

On January 3, Ca - Doc hamlet of An Dao commune (Phu Ninh) has a thick cake competition. Each armor makes one deck. Each cake is arranged on a large plate, the lining of the paper. When the cake was done, people pulled the paper and tied it up, twisted a small piece of paper to make a lanyard. All are arranged in a tray and on the cake decorated with flowers. The trays of competition are lined up on a tall field, flanked by flags. The villagers hold a god ceremony right there. A thick cake party in Nha Mon commune, now belonging to Tien Du commune (Phu Ninh) on the 6th day of the first lunar month. Only the flavor can be pounded and caught. Each flavor is repaired with four pieces, each measuring 30 centimeters in diameter. After finishing, the bread was taken to the neighborhood and divided among all the villagers, since I carried it back. This demonstrates the spirit of community democracy from the time when Hung Vuong built the country and has existed for a long time in the old villages. This is a beauty in culinary culture.
Hien Quan Commune (Tam Nong) has a unique form: Making a "cake". On the feast day of the 13th of January, each armor made a tree consisting of banh chung, thick cake, honey cake, scald cake, thorn cake, lam tea, lean cake, donut and fruit. to a meter. People call it the "salary" of Ms. Thieu Hoa. That salary was given to the whole armor called "payroll" ceremony, a ritual commemorating Ms. Thieu Hoa's army to receive salaries to fight the Han invaders.

Thuy Van honey cake (Viet Tri) on the 9th and 10th January feast deserves to be worshiped as "giant" cake. The cake is 30 centimeters in diameter and very tall. People put the cake into the pot 40 and tied the rope to keep the cake standing until it is done.

 Cake made to make offerings to the holidays belongs to the issue of spiritual - spiritual culture but also belongs to the field of culinary culture by making offerings that people share to enjoy. Delicious cakes, leaving people with deep, lasting impressions. "Delicious pieces remember long" that is the beauty of culinary culture.