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Uyghur style rice pilaf with beef and yellow carrots
Happy Eid! Over the weekend friends will be feasting around the world, and in Xinjiang no doubt people will be eating the dish I’ll describe below. Half a world away in Philadelphia, the weather is changing from hot to quite … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Recipes, - Unique food traditions, Central Asia/Uyghur food
Tagged ข้าวหมกเนื้อ, ชาวอุยกูร์, палау, палов, плов, eid, 黄萝卜, kurban bayram, уйгурский кухня, pilaf, pilav, plov, polo, rice, Uyghur, Uygur, پولو, Xinjiang, yellow carrots, 古尔邦节, 手抓饭, ئۇيغۇر
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Northern Lao ingredients and cooking blog
Last night I came across a very interesting blog and cookbook. I hope the cookbook will be as good as the blog is, we will have to see. The blog/site is called Food from Northern Laos: The Boat Landing Cookbook, … Continue reading
Recent book finds
This week I was in New York, and I came across a bookstore that specializes in out-of-print cookbooks. You can find this place, Bonnie Slotnick Cookboooks, at [Updated] 163 W 10th St in Greenwich 28 E Second St in the East … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Chinese food, Thai/Lao food
Tagged cookbook, Everyday Siamese Dishes, 本草綱目, 本草纲目
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Tiny eggplants and prahok pork dip
I found tiny pea-sized eggplants at my local Cambodian market in North Philly. This fruit (Solanum torvum, aka turkey berry) is commonly used in Thailand, and is known there as “cluster eggplant”, or makheua phuong มะเขือพวง. In Thai food, perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Featured Markets, Cambodian food, Thai/Lao food
Tagged ពុតលំញង, ប្រហុកខ្ទិះ, มะเขือพวง, แพนงไก่, baby eggplant, pea-sized eggplant, penang with baby eggplants, pout lomhong, prahok gatee, prahok kti, prahok ktis, prahok ti, prahok with pork belly dip, turkey berry
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Three essential Cambodian flavors and sour beef soup
Lately I’ve been exploring prepared food containers of the refrigerator section at a my favorite Asian markets as well as expanding my understanding of Cambodian food. The nearest Asian market to my house is Seng Hong Oriental Market, over on … Continue reading
Kaffir lime leaves and kaffir limes
Our kaffir lime (มะกรูด makrut in Thai) tree is starting to produce fruit! The leaves and fruit of the kaffir lime tree (citrus hystrix) are intensely fragrant. The leaves provide a key flavor in Thai curries, soups, and stir-frys. You … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Thai/Lao food
Tagged มะกรูด, ลูกมะกรูด, ใบมะกรูด, ໝາກຂີ້ຫູດ, 箭叶橙, kaffir lime, lime leaves, makrud, makrut
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Xinjiang(?) Hami melons in Chinatown
With the bulk of my food experiences in China being more than ten years ago already, and with the continually changing norms of food import/export and larger Chinese consumer markets in the US, I constantly come across things that were … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Central Asia/Uyghur food, Chinese food
Tagged Asian grocery, แตงฮามี่กวอ, hami gold, hami melon, honey kiss, United States, قوغۇن, Xinjiang, 哈密瓜, 新疆
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Asian Markets of Philadelphia 