In Phnom Penh, Slurping Noodles and Tasting Home Again

Condé Nast Traveler -
An excerpt from author and cook Chantha Nguon's memoir recounts her first trip home to Cambodia after fleeing as a refugee—and the dish that made her feel at home once again.

How to Eat Your Way Through Phnom Penh, According to a Chef Rotanak Ros

Condé Nast Traveler -
The Cambodian celeb chef known as Chef Nak shares her recipe for an invigorating weekend in the cradle of Khmer cuisine.

Hidden gem: Cambodian cuisine counts blessings of the Mekong

Nikkei Asia -
Envoy to Japan discusses traditions around fish paste, watermelon rice and more.

A Brutal Dictatorship Decimated Cambodia’s Culinary Heritage. This Self-Taught Chef Is Bringing It Back.

Robb Report -
As one of the country's most in-demand celebrity cooks, Chef Nak is recreating long-lost traditional dishes.

Meet the Chef Reviving Royal Cambodian Recipes

Atlas Obscura -
Inspired by a trailblazing princess, Chef Nak’s cookbook is a celebration of Khmer history.

Meet the Cambodian Cowboy, a Texas Barbecue Pitmaster in Long Beach

Eater LA -
Pitmaster Chad Phuong is cooking up some of the most inventive weekly barbecue in Southern California, merging heartland American meats with not-so-subtle Cambodian influence.

What’s the Best Pepper to Use in Pasta? Chefs Say It’s This One

Bloomberg -
Kampot peppercorns give an added layer of citrus and fruity flavors.

Cambodian Americans Are Ready to Share Their Cuisine, On Their Terms

Condé Nast Traveler -
A new wave of Cambodian-American chefs are sharing the cuisine's bright, umami-rich flavors in pop ups and restaurants throughout the country.

A Chef’s Quest to Preserve Cambodia’s Lost Flavors

New York Times -
Part historical record, part how-to for cooks, Rotanak Ros’s “Nhum” pieces together recipes from a time before the country’s genocide.

In Cambodia, pepper is on a pedestal

The Week -
In northern Cambodia, even the names exude an ancient romanticism. Angkor Wat. Phnom Bakheng. Phimeanakas. Meandering miles of movie-perfect temples. Join the masses at dawn and stumble through, awed by the stone intricacies of lost centuries.

A Garden Grows in Cambodia

Peace Corps -
This is a small peek into the true nature of Peace Corps work; development is not a beautiful linear graph of steady improvement.

9 best restaurants in Boeung Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Break -
Phnom Penh, Cambodia is a paradise for foodies, especially the Boeung Keng Kang 1 area, with many restaurants serving dishes from all over the world.

Secretive Creator of ‘Kitchen Story’ Delivers Delicious Recipes Online

VOA Cambodia -
Every week, the Kitchen Story Facebook page posts a single instructional food video. A pair of hands and a calm voice speaking Khmer guide you through the ingredients needed for the recipe and steps to make it.

Hibachi Chef Now Spends Days Cooking for Kids Affected by School Closures in Alabama

Next Shark -
A private hibachi chef is winning hearts online for his selfless act of cooking for children who are affected by the school closures during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Cambodia’s Prized Kampot Pepper, Nearly Wiped Out By Khmer Rouge, Makes A Comeback

National Public Radio -
Pepper is believed to originate from southern India. But some chefs, including the late Anthony Bourdain and the Michelin-starred French chef Olivier Roellinger, have been drawn to pepper produced in Cambodia, specifically in the province of Kampot.

Angkor Wat: A Cambodian take on ‘Japanese professionalism’

Japan Times -
A gigantic elephant statue guards the entrance to Angkor Wat, a Cambodian restaurant hidden near Tokyo’s Yoyogi Station.

Sky-High Style At Cambodia’s Leading Hotel

Esquire -
Rising powerfully above the bustle of the Cambodian capital, the Vattanac Capital Tower is, at 39 storeys and 188m high, the tallest building in the country.

Cambodia celebrates Sea Festival in southwestern Kampot province

Xinhua Net -
Cambodia held its eighth annual Sea Festival in southwestern Cambodia's Kampot province on Saturday, attracting hundreds of thousands of festival-goers.

Saving Cambodian Cooking from Extinction (video)

VOA Cambodia -
Cambodian cuisine, often overshadowed by its similar Thai and Vietnamese counterparts, is relatively unknown to the world in part because of its violent history. But a Cambodian chef is working to change that. VOA's Chetra Chap reports.

30 Cambodian foods every visitor needs to try

CNN -
Cambodian cuisine has a long history and a diverse range of influences, yet it's only now becoming known beyond the country's borders.

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