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Book Excerpt: Noodles Every Day

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An Excerpt From: Noodles Every Day Delicious Asian Recipes from Ramen to Rice Sticks by Corinne TrangPhotographs by Maura McEvoyChronicle Books, San FranciscoCopyright 2009168 Pages$22.95ISBN 978-0-8118-6143-4Available on Amazon.com here.Excerpt by permission of the publisher. Here I explore the idea that these small Asian snack dishes can be the foundations for quick, healthful, and wondrously varied meals, which can be prepared …

Siberian Hot Stuff

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By Sharon Hudgins Location Photos by Tom and Sharon Hudgins                Pepper Vendor      Recipes:      Garlic Cheese     Apple-Horseradish Sauce     Korean Carrot Salad      Adzhiga Nobody thinks of Siberian foods as spicy-hot. And in general that’s true. But delve beyond surface impressions and pallid Russian restaurant fare, and you’ll soon encounter some surprisingly spicy elements of this northern cuisine. …

Singapore Fling

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by Dave DeWitt Tiong Bahru Food Centre [Editor’s Note: This article was first published in May, 1992.  Some things have changed in Singapore since then, but this is the way it was then.] People laughed in disbelief when we told them we were going to Singapore on business. “Yeah, right,” said one skeptic, “you foodies will use any excuse for …

Making Thailand’s “Chile Water”

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Making Thailand’s “Chile Water” Story and Photos by Austin Bush     Recipes  Nam Plaa Phrik  Nam Phrik Ong  Nam Phrink Kapi with Fresh and Fried Vegetables  Nam Phrik Num      A Variety of Nam Phriks and Other Ingredientsin the Market in Satun, Southern Thailand  The first Thai dish I ever learned to make is probably the simplest Thai …

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Bugged Out In Thailand!

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I Can’t Believe I Ate the Whole Bug!And Other Culinary Adventures in Thailand By Paul Ross Recipes: Nam Jim Jeaw Sauce Kaow Soy Kai (Curry Noodle Soup with Chicken) Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad) Moo Pad King (Pork Fried with Ginger) Kaeng Khiao Wan Kai (Green Chicken Curry) Phad Khi Mao Kung (Spicy Stir-Fried Prawns)  Proof that we talked the …