My favorite Thai dish is also the most popular one in Thailand. Thai people say that if they don’t know what they feel like eating or cooking, they automatically turn to pad kra prao—hot basil stirfry. I order pad kra prao almost every time I’m at a Thai restaurant and for almost every lunch and dinner when I’m in(…)
Don’t you love the delicious things you discover while traveling? My favorites are anything with fruit, either fresh or made into something delightful. I’ve discovered several new fruits during my travels this year—snakeskin fruit and milk apple being two I’d never even heard of before. I also surprised myself by enjoying a fruit I’ve known(…)
I like my wine. But how much do I really know about it? Well, there’s red and white, Riesling is from Germany, Shiraz is sort of spicy, like a lady it has legs and body, and a swirl and a sniff is crucial to the flavor. Before my trip to the Yarra Valley in Victoria, Australia(…)
Malaysia is known for its food. Chinese, Indian, and Malay are all here, often integrated into the most delicious of dishes. I’m in Malaysia right now feasting and learning as much as I can about a cuisine not that well known to North Americans. Nyonya (or Nonya or Peranakan) cuisine is one of the original(…)
