Thailand: Hot and Bold

Cooking and eating (and talking about cooking and eating) are choice pastimes in the Thai culture. You need look no further than to Thailand's prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, who is a celebrity chef, having written a book and hosted a cooking show called “Tasting, Grumbling.” Like other Southeast Asian countries, Thailand derives its strongest culinary influences from India and China. And unlike surrounding Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia, Thailand (about the size of France) never was ruled by a European power, so European influences are not a part of the cuisine. Food Fundamentals “The Thai repertoire is characterized ...

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