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Santa Fe Paella

It’s as authentic as the Spanish original—and maybe even better at 10,000 feet.
Karen Coates
10.20.08
Keywords
karen coates,
spanish,
southwest,
seafood,
cooking + technique
travel + culture

Going Green While Turning Gray

A Southwest assisted-living facility serves up farm-to-table living, with acres of tomatoes, herb gardens, and a mean rotisserie chicken.
Karen Coates
08.19.08
Keywords
karen coates,
nutrition/diet,
southwest,
culinary culture,
ecology
food politics

A Fiasco of Olympic Proportions

After months of tangling through red tape, this writer is mysteriously shut out of the Olympics.
Karen Coates
08.08.08
Keywords
karen coates,
food policy,
culinary culture,
china,
asia
food politics

Danger Fields

Farming in the developing world is never an easy occupation, but for farmers in Laos there is a particularly grave complication.
Karen Coates
06.09.08
Keywords
karen coates,
farms + fish,
asia,
agriculture
travel + culture

Shopping for Pok Pok

Finding the right flavors is no easy task for the owner of Portland’s beloved street-style Asian café.
Karen Coates
05.05.08
Keywords
restaurants,
karen coates,
shopping,
thai,
portland
magazine

Cooking Schools: Four Seasons; Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi

The Thai elite don’t merely eat; they indulge in scents and sensations that permeate mind, body, and spirit.
Karen Coates
May 2008
Keywords
karen coates,
cooking school,
travel,
thailand,
hotels
magazine

Cooking Schools: Thai Cookery School

Scrub the hands, cinch the apron, corral the hair, and get to work. Time runs short in Sompon Nabnian’s evening master class.
Karen Coates
May 2008
Keywords
karen coates,
cooking school,
travel,
thailand,
asian
magazine

Cooking Schools: Tamarind

You need know nothing of the the bamboo steamer to enroll. Come lunchtime, though, you’ll be forming sticky-rice balls between your fingers.
Karen Coates
May 2008
Keywords
karen coates,
cooking school,
travel,
asia,
asian
magazine

Cooking Schools: The Thai House

Take a class at The Thai House and you will learn village secrets in the lazy haze of a Thai afternoon.
Karen Coates
May 2008
Keywords
karen coates,
cooking school,
travel,
thailand,
asia
travel + culture

The Spice Man of Kolkata

Bengalis, like many Asians, say only a mortar and pestle can crush a spice or herb to its fullest potential.
Karen Coates
01.15.08
Keywords
karen coates,
asia,
india