Chef Phila Lorn was not necessarily aiming for “quote-unquote authentic” Cambodian food when he opened Mawn in his native Philadelphia two years ago. So when he approached some Cambodian teen patrons, ...
Cambodia's cuisine often gets less international attention than Thailand or Vietnam, but Khmer food is just as vibrant and steeped in history and culture. It's shaped by the country's rivers, rice ...
“No one knows what Cambodian food is,” the Cambodian-American chef Joseph Be says. “But if Thai food, Vietnamese food and Lao food can be popular, why can’t Cambodia’s food?” Good question. There is ...
It should come as no surprise that the civilization that built Angkor Wat can also cook, but Khmer cuisine isn’t just unsung; it has been systematically erased. A millennium of cultural knowledge—an ...
Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. For chef Nite Yun, a 2018 Eater Young Gun and the author of the just-released cookbook, My Cambodia, an ingredient ...
Long Beach houses the largest population of Cambodians outside of the country, with Cambodia Town the location of some great restaurants. LAist food editor Gab Chabrán met up with James Tir, a ...
Part historical record, part how-to for cooks, “Nhum,” a cookbook from the chef Rotanak Ros and Nataly Lee, pieces together recipes from a time before the country’s genocide. By Amelia Nierenberg As a ...
Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. Reservations are now live via for the newly relocated Khmai, the Cambodian ...
Chef Phila Lorn was not necessarily aiming for “quote-unquote authentic” Cambodian food when he opened Mawn in his native Philadelphia two years ago. So when he approached some Cambodian teen patrons, ...