Mu Bing with Lime Chili Dipping Sauce

My first experience with Chiang Mai street food was with succulent bits of pork being grilled at an open-air stall—mu bing. The fat was… Read More

An Interview with My Mother

When my mother moved to America to marry my father, she brought with her Thai comfort food and a bright, unwavering smile. She is a… Read More

A Thailand in the Rough (Northern Thai Cuisine by Dr. Onanong Tongmee)

I am at my wit’s end. A week spent searching for Northern Thai restaurants in the Houston metropolitan had ended fruitlessly. There were whispers of… Read More

Aloi: The Resourcefulness of the Northern Thai

In the 1940s, the first kaffir lime tree grown in the United States was found in a collection at the University of California. It had… Read More

Articles, Blogs, and Videos

As Northern Thai cuisine is a rarely-written subject in food writing, here are some resources I found that can point you in the right direction. Read More