Jacques Pépin Makes the Best Roast Chicken in the World The chef, now 90, claims that’s not true, but he taught me the recipe anyway.

If I were to have eaten nam khao the right way, I would have plucked a single rib of romaine from the plate and stuffed it with a spoonful or two of crispy coconut rice and pork, adding perhaps a few ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos -- The future of genuine Lao cuisine may hang by a safety pin. In her airy kitchen at the back of a dilapidated French villa, Chanthip Phetrasy is using the tailoring tool to ...

Laos in Town opens tomorrow in NoMa with a wide-ranging, affordable menu of traditional cuisine. Two Bangkok natives are behind the restaurant located at 250 K St. NE—owner Nick Ongsangkoon and Chef ...

Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia and sits at an interesting crossroads between Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, with the northern border touching Myanmar and China’s Yunnan ...

The complex dishes require a village of ‘grandmas’ to produce their unique flavors. As Michelin-star chef James Syhabout explains in his book “Hawker Fare,” Lao food has a complicated history — much ...

When Noi Sithideth leaves his corporate accounting job at 3 p.m., he heads straight to his new restaurant, Banh Lao & Thai Cuisine in Kenwood, which opened May 22. For the rest of the evening, ...

Lao food is slowly but surely gaining recognition thanks to restaurants like Mekong Cafe and Vientiane Noodle Shop, along with young Lao entrepreneurs like Alex Hanesakda of SapSap and chefs like ...

You might miss it if you aren’t looking. After all, Vientiane Noodle Shop is marked by little more than a green awning and a simple neon sign which declares its name, an homage to Vientiane, the ...