Although I continually gush about how much I loooove Thai food, aside from my recent post on eating blood and brief look at Southeast Asian fruits, I really haven’t shared much about the stuff. It’s intimidating. I mean, there’s SO MUCH OF IT. And what can I add that hasn’t already been said about Thai […]
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This week: Where I get sick and eat some blood
Last week I had a bit of a cold. Nothing serious, just some sniffles from teaching all the smiling, sneezing children I see every day. I wondered, what do you eat in Thailand when you’re sick? I kept up a steady stream of coconut water, spicy tom yum and plain sticky rice to kick the […]
Dragon Fruit and Friends: A Look at Southeast Asia Fruit
Longan, pomelo, jack fruit, mango, papaya, custard apple, sapodilla, oranges, limes, grapes, berries, coconut, pineapple… Southeast Asia offers an endless abundance of ripe, bright, flavorful fruit that’s difficult to ignore – especially considering several kinds look like something out of “Little Shop of Horrors”… Rambutan: A lychee-like fruit that looks like sea anemone on the […]