In Thailand, as you may know, there is big business in the health and beauty industry. On every corner there is a salon or spa or place to get a ...
What’s With All The Roses? (and mango with sticky rice)
Years ago my husband (before he was my husband) and I began the tradition of staying home on Valentine's Day and making pizzas together. The ...
Spicy Coconut Chicken Soup
Frank and I had a busy weekend which culminated in a hot, sticky run through Lumphini Park this morning. In the middle of the run, the unimaginable ...
Chicken with Thai Holy Basil
I have been on a stir fry kick of late. I love that there are so many ways to put a stir fry together for a quick lunch or dinner. They often use ...
Apple Rubies in Coconut Milk
I've had a bit of a rocky relationship with this popular Thai dessert. The first time I had it when we had just arrived in Thailand, I wasn't sure if ...
Red Curry Chicken with Snake Beans
Few things intrigue me as much as unusual produce. In Bangkok it's a good thing that produce is so cheap because the temptation to buy it is constant. ...
A Variation on Thai Golden Bags (Thung Tong)
Thai Golden Bags (or purses), "thung tong", are delicate little wrappers filled with a combination of meat and herbs. There are countless variations ...
Laab Gai (Minced Chicken with Herbs)
You may know this as "larb gai" or even as "lahb gai", but there is an easy(ish) explanation for for the different labels. As I learned in Day 1 of ...
Lemongrass Basil Snack Mix
It's oficially Superbowl Sunday which means, well, pretty much nothing to us here in Bangkok. The reality is that, being 13 hours ahead of Dallas, ...
Chili Cashew Chicken
My Thai language class is a motley crew of European businessmen and retired Americans. They are all men and all came to Thailand alone. The entire ...
Pad See Ew
I had never had Pad See Ew before moving to Thailand. I was almost exclusively a Pad Thai girl before arriving here, never wanting to miss out on its ...
Spicy Prawn Soup (Tom Yam Gung)
The weather in Bangkok this week has been so thoroughly delightful that the guards outside our building have been wearing coats. Legit, long-sleeve, ...
Kicking off a Month of Thai Goodness…Lemongrass Tea
Having always been somewhere cold in February, there is inevitably a point in its 28 (29) days when I feel that winter must be done taking its icy ...
Sweet Potato Panang Soup
I realized this morning that my freezer is (literally, as in, houses only 2 trays of ice cubes) bare - a state that makes me a bit uneasy. There is ...
Thai Chili Eggplant
Last week Frank and I took a cooking class at the Baipai Cooking School. Should you come to Bangkok, you MUST take a class at this school. It was a ...
Mango Tapioca Pearls
Bubble Tea. It's everywhere. You can find it in the Skytrain stations, busy street corners and every mall. Many Thai desserts feature elements that ...