Photo by James Ransom Serves 5 Author Notes Comforting without the comfort food calories and residual waistline woes, this protein- and fiber-rich curry boasts chickpeas and red lentils, providing a belly-filling meal while leaving you light and bright in the midst of swimsuit season. Taking advantage of a free Sunday evening, I prepare my one-pot…
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Serves 4 to 5 Author Notes These really delicious potatoes are adapted from a recipe for Asiago Potatoes that I found in the May 2008 issue of the now extinct “Gourmet” magazine. The first time that I made the original recipe, everyone adored it. Also, by the way, I served the potatoes with another favorite…
I’m known for going a little overboard with the food when I grill–actually, make that a lot overboard–leaving my guests little incentive to make their own. I need to learn to cut back, because when people do come with their own creations, they tend to be eye-opening, like a Thai basil wrapped beef that graced…
Serves 1 Author Notes For Thais, the recipe for a puffy fried omelet is almost too basic to say. It’s made from ingredients that all Thai people have in their fridge or pantry—eggs, sugar, fish sauce, herbs, and ground pork or crab if you want—and if you cook at all, then of course you can…
At most Thai joints, the papaya salad is rarely one of the more memorable plates. Swimming in a cloyingly sugary dressing or wilted beyond recognition, these sub-par salads do nothing to showcase the vibrancy of a truly exemplary Green Papaya Salad. To experience the salad the way it’s meant to be enjoyed, we turn to…
Serves 4 Author Notes My husband loves Vietnamese Pho, even though he’s not a soup maven. I have worked out a vegetarian version to make at home which passes his approval threshold, if marginally. Thinking about coconut, and how I love Thai soups with a coconut base, I fused elements from both for this soup.…
Photo by James Ransom Serves 2 Author Notes Hands down this is my ultimate comfort food. Served all day on the streets, though eaten mostly during breakfast and all throughout daytime. This one meal dish is stir-fried quickly and gobbled down even quicker. Pork, chilies, a few sauces thrown in, finishing with a big generous…
My second restaurant trail went well, at first. Undeterred by the spectacular failure of my first attempt, I had offered my services to a restaurant specializing in the flavors of my native region. As I was to discover, growing up in Southeast Asia is not a very strong qualification for working in a Southeast Asian…
