Ly San spent six years interviewing elderly Cambodians to recover the country's lost Khmer recipes. He now hopes to re-educate Cambodians about their traditional food culture. It was while studying in ...

The tuk-tuk rattled over a rough dirt road, jarring my bones, finally stopping when the road turned and seemed to disappear near a stream. The driver motioned for me to climb out. I hesitated. I had ...

When Nite Yun cooks, she's telling her family's story. The Cambodian-American chef, best known for her restaurant Lunette in San Francisco, has long used food to honor her parents' country. But as she ...

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Sarom Sieng did not want her daughter trapped in the church kitchen, cooking curry and egg rolls her whole life. “She wanted me to be happy and fulfill my dream and not be stuck trying to make a ...

Nite Yun has no memories of the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp in Thailand where she was born in 1982. The chef and owner of Nyum Bai in Oakland, California, a restaurant that has attracted national ...

A Cambodian chef is one of a few women looking to revive her culture's nearly forgotten Khmer recipes; her recent cookbook, Saoy, was named 'the best cookbook in the world'. Cambodian (also known as ...

If you’re looking for some classic Khmer cooking—Khmer Surin is the place for you. Located in the trendy central suburb of BKK, Khmer Surin is a much-loved restaurant and guesthouse. A ‘huge’ ...

South Asian food may be one of the most popular cuisines internationally. Within its complexities and diversity, the lesser known cuisine of Cambodia sometimes gets lost. One of the only restaurants ...

When Thai restaurants started popping up around Hollywood some four decades ago, most had signs that described them as either “Thai-Chinese” or “Chinese-Thai.” Siamese cooking was little known back ...