Smithsonian Magazine

Meet The Devotees of the Growing Lao Food Movement in a New Video from Folklife

Text by JC Gibbs, Video produced by Crystal Rie and Cecilia Peterson Opening a Lao restaurant was Seng Luangrath’s lifelong dream, but she was unsure whether the American palate was ready. In the few ...
The New York Times

Once Obscured in the U.S., Lao Cooks Share and Celebrate Their Cuisine

At times spicy and bitter, salty and pungent, herbaceous and sour — Lao food is intensely delicious. Thum mak hoong, or papaya salad, is a fundamental dish in Lao cuisine, with as many variations as ...
Los Angeles Times

The Laotian fish curry fit for royalty

Sheatfish, a type of wild catfish found in the Mekong River, is traditionally used in this curry — one of several traditional recipes preserved in “Traditional Recipes of Laos,” a cookbook containing ...
The Washington Post

Naem khao is a crispy Lao rice salad that is sweet, salty, spicy, sour and sublime

The first time I had Lao food, I fell hard for a dish I then obsessed over for years. I’d think about it on the subway, while cooking dinner, folding laundry, during a run. I’d recall its flavors and ...
Time Out

We try Lao food for the first time at Singapore's first and only Laotian and Isan Thai restaurant in City Gate

Singapore is hardly short of Thai restaurants. You can likely find decent versions of tom yum goong, pad kra pao or any of ...
NPR

With 'Hawker Fare,' Chef James Syhabout Shares Laotian Food He Grew Up With

When chef James Syhabout set out to write his new cookbook, Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee Chef's Isan Thai & Lao Roots, he sampled a recipe that is not on most American dinner tables: ...
Nashville Scene

Exploring Middle Tennessee’s Rich Laotian Food Scene

Restaurants serving Laotian food, like C.R. Noodle House in La Vergne and King Market in Antioch, have been in the Nashville area for more than a decade. But many people may not even know what Lao ...