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Burmese Tossed Noodle Salad (Let Thone Soke); Review of The Food of Myanmar

November 6, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Noodle Salad from Myanmar with Fish Sauce and Roasted Pork

Vibrant textures and flavors come together harmoniously in this Burmese tossed noodle salad from The Food of Myanmar. A copy of the book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review. Affiliate links were used to link to items being discussed in this post. I tried to take the tip of my thumb… 

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Filed Under: cabbage, carrots, cookbooks, cucumbers, easily made vegetarian, glass noodles, Myanmarese/Burmese, pasta, pork, reviews, rice, salads, tofu, vegetarian Tagged With: Burmese, cabbage, cookbook review, egg noodles, fish sauce, glass noodles, green papaya, Myanmarese, noodles, rice, salad

Thai Spring Roll Omelette made using OXO Egg Tools

April 30, 2013 By Laura 34 Comments

Thai Spring Roll Omelette

I LOVE being a blogger with the OXO Blogger Outreach Program. I genuinely love OXO tools, making it both easy and rewarding to get to check out their newest and coolest kitchen gadgets and then share them with you. I am running a tad behind right now, because OXO has moved on from eggs and… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, eggs, glass noodles, kids cooking, reviews, Thai dishes, Tools, vegetarian Tagged With: egg separator, eggs, kitchen gadgets, low carb, omelette, OXO, Thai

Japchae-Bap with Bulgogi

March 14, 2010 By Laura 7 Comments

I’ve been inspired to learn more about and try to cook more Asian noodles lately, so the last time I was at Jungle Jim’s I investigated their Asian noodle selection, especially their fresh noodles. I was especially interested in trying to make japchae, a Korean noodle dish using sweet potato starch noodles (a thick glass… 

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Filed Under: beef, glass noodles, Korean cuisine

Sooksan Wan Gerd!: A Thai Birthday Feast with Tish’s Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cloud Pie for Dessert

February 24, 2008 By Laura 7 Comments

John’s favorite cuisine is Thai. He never gets sick of it. I sometimes need a break from what we think of as the entrée dishes, although I rarely tire of the salads. Despite the fact that at the end of the day Mexican is my favorite cuisine, the one that I never get tired of,… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, glass noodles, peanut butter, pies, pork, rice, salads, Thai dishes

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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