Thai food, from Bangkok to SoCal

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Mar. 24, 2018 Food & Drink

Particularly on the West Coast, Thai food is having a renaissance. Chefs like James Syhabout from Oakland’s Hawker Fare and Andy Ricker from Pok Pok in Portland are reimagining how Thai food is made and presented in their new cookbooks.

Chef James Syhabout and his mother in the kitchen of his San Francisco restaurant, Hawker Fare. Photo by Eric Wolfinger.

From this Episode:

Hawker Fare

Chef James Syhabout. Photo by Nader Khouri.

12 min

Food of Bangkok

In 2008, Leela Punyaratabandhu started her Thai food blog “ She Simmers ” in memory of her mother, whom she credits with her love of food and home.

10 min

Market Report: Lemongrass

Farmer’s Market correspondent Laura Avery checks in with Katy Noochlaor, chef and owner of Same Same Thai in Silver Lake about the versatility of lemongrass, a central...

7 min

'Drinking Food of Thailand'

Yam Met Mamuang Himaphaan: Fried Cashews with Salt, Chiles, and Green Onions. Photo by Austin Bush. Courtesy of Ten Speed Press.

10 min

Jonathan Gold eats his veggies at The Exchange

Jonathan Gold recently visited The Exchange , an Israeli-inspired restaurant in Downtown LA’s Freehand hotel. His recommendations?

4 min

Thai food in Los Angeles

When Mark Padoongpatt was first asked to write a book about Thai food in America, he wasn’t interested. But then he began to examine the immigration history between...

13 min