~Tamarind Drink Recipes, Nam Makam~

Tamarind Drinks – All Natural Thai Drinks   During the day, I often open a fridge and look for a drink. My eye was on tamarind concentrate – a leftover from Thai cooking class another day. I spent three minutes making a syrup. Now I have syrup ready for making a tea and soda.   Tamarind syrup is a good recipe to have. [...]

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~Watermelon Rind Soup with Lemon Basil Recipe~

A Romance in a Thai Granny’s Garden Thai Country Style Soup with Lemon Basil     Gaeng Leang Bai Meng Luck     Every time I visit a Seattle Farmers’ Markets  and see Hmong-farmer stalls that have fresh lemon basil; I get excited and want to cook Gaeng Leang–a Thai country-style soup. It is our Thai ancestor’s creation and a classic soup that is known in every village in Thailand. Any vegetables that grow together in a [...]

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~Thai Fried Sardines Recipe~

Thai Village Style Cooking     Fried fish recipe from the Southern region of Thailand  The other day, when I was at Pike Place Market, wandering around almost aimlessly like a tourist. I purchased a pound of sardines, I hadn’t tasted fresh sardines for the longest time perhaps since my grandma’s kitchen. I want to rediscover more Thai village style cooking [...]

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~Lovage and Snap Pea Soup Recipe~

Lovage and Snap Pea Soup Kaeng Jued Pak There is no real Thai name for this soup, but I started the process by stir-frying, adding broth and cooking until the vegetables are soft. It’s like a Thai soup that is called Kaeng Jued Pak. I pureed it down like western soup. It is best to enjoy lovage that way. It’s not a typical Thai dish but my grandma [...]

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~Yangon Almond Pancake with Honey-Lime Syrup Recipe~

Yangon, Myanmar June 2009 My very  first breakfast in Yangon. When I was in Yangon last year I spent my first morning looking for a market near the hotel. It was a street that had many stalls and breakfast type food stands. Everything in Yangon was very exciting for me, as a neighbouring country to Thailand. I found that our culture and [...]

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~Thai Rice Salad with Nasturtiums Recipe, Kao Yum Pak Tai~

Thai Rice Salad with Nasturtiums & Sardines Recipe Kao Yum Pak Tai, Southern Thai rice salad with edible flower and sardine Photograph by Pranee I grew up in the Southern region of Thailand, the origin of the Thai rice salad Kao Yum and my grandmother was a pro.  I have several versions for my classes. I am a gardener and I planted some nasturtium [...]

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~A Day at Pike Place Market~

Pike Place Market Travel and Eat Like a Tourist I wanted to enjoy the beautiful summer we are having and decided to visit Pike Place Market. I pretended to be a tourist for the day to taste foods and to enjoy the sites from a tourist perspective. I arrived around 10 am, when it was easy to find parking – two hours was just perfect. [...]

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~Watermelon Cocktail Recipe~

Watermelon Delight  This recipe was inspired by an I Love Thai Cooking Facebook request for a watermelon cocktail. After creating Watermelon Ice with watermelon liquere, I am excited to try to create a new cocktail. I have half of a watermelon left from the party on the Fourth of July, and I am happy mix this cocktail up. I pulled out [...]

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~Thai Stir-fried Watermelon Rind with Salted Pork Recipe~

Thai Grandmother Cooking is a sustainable cooking Pranee’s Grandmother Recipe My mom taught me many culinary skills but it was my grandmother who deepened my sense of sustainable cooking. We cooked virtually everything sustainably, just like the French. I have a habit of saving the rinds in a zip lock bag and cooking for myself because I am not sure if [...]

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~Cucumber-Pineapple-Tomato Salad Recipe, Yum Sam Kler~

The high point of my Forth of July celebration was having my friend and her family over for Thai Grilling. Our last Fourth of July celebration together was in 2008 on Phuket Island during the monsoon season. Before noon, I marinated some Cinnamon Pork Tenderloin and Lemon-Lemongrass Chicken. Then I prepped for Cucumber-Pineapple-Tomato Salad. I made some “Coconut Water Vinegar [...]

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~Thai Green Mango Salad Recipe, Yum Mamuang Goong~

It’s a mango day!       A perfect crisp green mango is hard to come by in Seattle, just like getting a crisp and sunny day in the month of June. I grabbed this unique food opportunity and heightened the day by having two friends over for lunch so that we could celebrate both the sunsine and the mango. It was a beautiful day.          Fifteen minutes before the door bell [...]

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