This post is part of our new series Dinner Tonight where we share our favorite weeknight-friendly dinners. Just doing our part to help answer the ...
Thai-Style Salmon Satay with Peanut Sauce
The longer I live in Thailand the more I realize how much I have to learn. It's the ironic plight of expats - the longer you live in a place, the more ...
Frank’s Laab Moo (Thai Salad with Pork, Herbs, and Lime)
Early last week I was in Prachinburi, two and half hours’ drive to the east of Bangkok, near Cambodia. It is a vast, elegant province of rice fields ...
Thai Chicken with Holy Basil “Gai Pad Grapow”
Last month I was traveling in northeastern Thailand for work with a couple of my Thai colleagues. The food in the Northeast is truly spectacular. ...
Red Curry Salmon with Coconut Brown Rice
With Halloween just a day away, I'm noticing that the October obsession with all things pumpkin has shifted to an obsession with butternut squash. ...
Thai Soba Noodle Bowls
I am in awe of people who are able to efficiently keep up with of all the technology we have at our fingertips. It feels like there's always ...
Baked Vegetarian Spring Rolls
I love a good spring roll. But I have a little secret to tell you. They're really just as good when they're baked as they are when they're fried. I ...
Thai-Style Chicken Noodle Soup
F left town, and I immediately came down with a cold. I feel certain it's my body’s reaction to being back in an office all day. Suddenly I remember ...
Thai Shrimp Bites with Peanut-Lime Dipping Sauce
When I first began taking Thai lessons, my teacher (as language teachers are apt to do) insisted that we focus our efforts on the basic vocabulary ...
Thai Shrimp Salad
Last night I had a dream that Michelle Obama came to our wedding and gave me a bag with my new initials embroidered onto it. Maybe it’s just because ...
No Papaya? An Alternative Thai Som Tum
Tonight I am planning on black bean quesadillas for dinner. This is a standard inquiring-chef-kitchen dinner that I could make with my eyes closed ...
Chiang Mai Noodles
Bright and early this morning I was struggling through my Thai lesson when my teacher broke in, as she sometimes does, with some gloriously tricky, ...
Som Tum Thai (Spicy Papaya Salad)
Green Papaya Salad (Som Tom Thai) and its wonderful blend of all Thai flavors has become our obsession as of late around here. And I have needed ...
Sweet and Sour Tofu
It is common to see a Chinese influence in the food of Thai restaurants and food vendors around Bangkok. I have to admit that I was thrilled to ...
Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
It's hard to know what, if anything, can be said about traffic in Bangkok. There's a lot of it. Early this morning it took 5 minutes to safely cross ...
Nam Prik Pao (Thai Chili Paste)
Update 3/2/2016: This recipe has been so popular that we have re-worked it for even more delicious flavor. The new post and revised recipe has even ...