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    Good Food

    “The Food of Northern Thailand”

    What do you know of Northern Thai cuisine besides khao soi? Austin Bush  is an American writer and photographer who makes his home in Thailand.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Feb 22, 2019 • 1 min read

    What do you know of Northern Thai cuisine besides khao soi? Austin Bush is an American writer and photographer who makes his home in Thailand. He’s spent years studying the diversity and origins of Northern Thai food, a quest that has resulted in an in-depth tour of the region called “The Food of Northern Thailand.”

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    French fry fight, the Oscars & Wolfgang, Northern Thai food
    1. 0:00A taste of Wolfgang Puck’s 25th Oscars menu
    2. 8:09Unpacking the LA Times’ french fry power rankings
    3. 20:34“The Food of Northern Thailand”You’re reading this
    4. 33:53Tacos and showmanship at Tacos 1986
    5. 39:51Displacement in Virgil Village
    6. 48:28Market Report: Persian Mint
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    The full episode

    3 of 6
    French fry fight, the Oscars & Wolfgang, Northern Thai food
    1. 0:00A taste of Wolfgang Puck’s 25th Oscars menu
    2. 8:09Unpacking the LA Times’ french fry power rankings
    3. 20:34“The Food of Northern Thailand”You’re reading this
    4. 33:53Tacos and showmanship at Tacos 1986
    5. 39:51Displacement in Virgil Village
    6. 48:28Market Report: Persian Mint
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