by Tanya dePape | Sep 8, 2022 | Greece Turkey Sicily
This is the familiar place I have been craving. I have been homesick for this feeling, realizing this feeling doesn’t come from anything external. It is inside me and the closest to me as I get. Three years of covid. We have all had our individual experience in the...
by Tanya dePape | Jun 8, 2022 | Recipes
Pad Thai Yield: 4 servings My Tanya’d-up version of a recipe I learned during my cooking lesson at the Chiang Mai Thai Farm Cooking School. ½ cup vegetable stock 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbsp. tamarind paste or white vinegar 1 Tbsp. brown sugar or palm sugar 1 Tbsp....
by Tanya dePape | Jun 8, 2022 | Recipes
Cambodia Fish Amok Yield: 4 servings It was difficult for me to authentically replicate this dish after my travels. Traditional fish amok is usually steamed and then served in banana leaves, a rare ingredient in my small town. Nonetheless, here is my version of one of...
by Tanya dePape | Jun 8, 2022 | Recipes
Mangos and Coconut Sticky Rice Yield: 4 servings I had this dessert in both Thailand and Cambodia, and it quickly became a favourite of mine. 1 cup sticky rice 1 (14 oz) can coconut milk 3 Tbsp. palm sugar 1 pinch kosher salt 2 large mangos Mint leaves Soak the rice...
by Tanya dePape | Jun 8, 2022 | Recipes
Crispy Rice Flour Pancakes Yield: 4 servings A slight variation on another recipe I learned at the cooking school in Vietnam. ½ cup water ½ cup coconut milk 1 cup rice flour 1 Tbsp. oil 2 tsp. ground turmeric ½ cup peeled and deveined shrimp ¼ cup sliced raw pork ½...