Thai Green Sticky Rice with Mango

Last spring my sister came out for a visit and we had a girls’ day of shopping and of course a dinner out together. We both like sushi and headed for a little Thai and sushi fusion restaurant nearby and ordered our favorites. We also noticed a card on the table advertising their Thai mango [...]

Cucumber Salad with Tomato, Bell Pepper, and Spicy Thai Lime Vinaigrette

Juicy cucumbers are one of my favorite summer vegetables, and I like to slice one up and eat it with a bit of salt for an afternoon snack, but using them as a base for salads is my favorite way to eat them. We’ve been on a cucumber salad binge lately, trying different vegetable combinations [...]

Thai Grilled Chicken with Coconut Milk Marinade

Whenever we make a trip to Costco, I always stop to browse the books aisle, and every once in a while I come across some finds that make their way into the cart. Earlier this summer I found a big paperback book simply called Thai & Asian by Deh-Ta Hsiung (previously published as Thai and [...]

Thai Basil Chicken (Kai Kraphao)

Andrea Meyers - Thai Basil Chicken

This dish is the main reason we grow Thai basil in our herb garden. We’ve grown many kinds of basil over the years and seem to have settled into a routine of Genovese, Lemon (Sweet Dani or similar), and Thai (Sweet Thai or Queen of Siam) basil because they cover the spectrum of our uses. [...]

Thai Grilled Chicken with Cilantro Dipping Sauce

I’m having trouble letting go of summer. Labor Day has passed, so no more white pants or shoes, and I guess I should start thinking about autumn-ish foods, but with temperatures remaining in the 90s my mind is still geared towards grilling and cooking light foods. Chicken may be the main ingredient, but cilantro is [...]

Thai Coconut Curry with Chicken

This is the first dish I tried at the original Big Bowl in Chicago, and boy did I get hooked! I spent the next year looking up similar recipes and trying to clone the dish. This is the final version that I came up with, and it’s one that we really enjoy. You can turn [...]

Shrimp Pad Thai

I fell in love with Thai food on a trip to Koh Samui and Phuket in 1996. I had a great time visiting all of the little restaurants and some of the larger tourist-type places as well. When I came back to the U.S., I was grateful to find a good Thai restaurant in my [...]

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