One hot, steamy afternoon in Singapore, I dropped into Bumbu, a Thai-Indonesian restaurant in an old district near the famous Sultan Mosque. I hardly noticed the charming colonial ambience of the ...

Most plants don’t intimidate me, in the kitchen or otherwise. On the contrary, we’re usually fast friends. My first encounter with kohlrabi, for instance, started with fascination — that ...

In our "What People Are Cooking" column, see how our recipes turned out in other cooks' kitchens. Every week we choose a recipe that several food bloggers made and feature it here with photos and ...

There is an old road in Japan that runs from Wakasa Bay to the city of Kyoto known as the Saba Kaido, or Mackerel Road. For centuries, the road was used to carry fresh mackerel roughly 50 miles south ...

This year’s Tet celebrations begin on Jan. 21, the eve of several days of festivities welcoming the lunar new year. Although it isn’t a traditional Tet dish, when it comes to Vietnamese entrees, my ...

Her Restaurants: Hola Arepa and Hai Hai, both in Minneapolis. What She’s Known For: Fresh takes on Latin American and Southeast Asian dishes. Inventive cooking inspired by her travels and childhood ...

A tall, clumping, sharp-edged aromatic tropical grass that both smells and tastes of lemon, lemon grass comes by its English name naturally. It arrived in our kitchens by way of Southeast Asia, where ...

A tropical salad with kiwi and lemongrass is a perfect light meal option. Toss sliced kiwis with mixed greens, cucumber ...