Come and take a look with me to see what’s on offer at the average Thai food market! Despite shopping at my local market for many years, when armed with a camera and a mission I saw the place anew. I was actually astounded by the wide variety of fresh produce on offer – truly […]

On a recent trip to Penang, Malaysia I got to enjoy LOK LOK – a particular delight! Lok Lok consists of colored sticks, with a large variety of foods and food types, from squid to beef, from fish balls to vegetables and many things in between. Most are put into boiling water for a short […]

Currently on newsstands, the September issue of Food Network Magazine visits the well-equipped kitchen of Chef Jeffrey Saad, host of United Tastes of America. Jeffrey’s stylish kitchen is prepared for cooking all sorts of cuisines, and he says tools like the Temple of Thai granite mortar and pestle get a lot of action, especially for […]

The National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB) is hosting its Third Annual Watermelon Carving Contest this month, July 2012. To enter, carve a watermelon between now and August 4 and send an image of your melon carving and also a image of you posing with your carving to the NWPB. Judges will choose three finalists in […]

Around October time, the Chak Phra Festival is held in Thailand which celebrates a Buddhist holiday and signals the end of the three month rains retreat for monks. As with any Thai festival food plays an important part. Enjoy our photographs from the southern island of Koh Pha-Ngan.

Chinese Moon Cakes are made in celebration of the Chinese mid-autumn festival of the autumnal equinox where the moon is said to be its fullest and roundest and represents a time of plenty. Find out more about moon cakes and the lunar goddess Chang’e also known as the Lady in the Moon.

Makha Bukha Day is an important Buddhist holiday in Thailand celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month. Many Thai people will visit the temple on this day to take part in candle lit ceremony. We visit the famous Wat Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai for the event where hundreds of people form a procession round the temple led by dozens of monks.

A Valentine’s Day Dinner is as much about the atmosphere as it is the food. You can use traditional Thai fruit carving to enhance the romantic appeal of your meal with a beautiful edible rose carving. For this special day we have gone Western with a delicious recipe of roasted beet, goat cheese, and candied walnut salad in a video by Nita Gill professional fruit carving instructor.

The new ambassador to Thailand Kristie Kenney loves Thai Food. She has set up a Facebook competition asking people to share their favorite dishes and the prize is to meet the incoming ambassador in person in Bangkok.

Lately there has been a flowering of Thai-inspired restaurants worldwide which are under the guidance of a Western chef, even in Bangkok much to the chagrin of some Thai people! One of the first Western chefs to forge the path, long before the current trend, was French Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten with his Thai-inspired French cuisine. […]