Search
francis lam
travel + culture
Postcard from Yunnan, Part 2
Food-wise, Yunnan is most famous for its ham, a salty, long-cured product that can be compared to jamon serrano or prosciutto.
01.22.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- pork,
- china,
- asia,
- francis lam
travel + culture
Postcard from Yunnan, Part 1
This is hardly a cultural homecoming, but it is a good time. Part 1 in a series.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- culinary culture,
- china,
- asia,
- francis lam
food + cooking
Swallowing Clouds
When I was a kid, I spent my summers in Hong Kong, running around with my cousins and fueling our video game binges with street food.
01.08.08
- Keywords
- francis lam,
- culinary culture,
- china,
- hong kong
food + cooking
A New York Minute
One night around Thanksgiving, I took a walk on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan and came across an amazing sight.
01.02.08
- Keywords
- new york,
- culinary culture,
- jewish,
- francis lam,
- a new york minute
travel + culture
Boudin...Does Not Photograph Well (A Trip Through Cajun Country, Part Deux)
Next, Pableaux had us trying the wares of the Best Stop meat market, where they sell most any cut of meat you've ever seen.
12.18.07
- Keywords
- francis lam,
- southern u.s.,
- meat,
- dressing
travel + culture
Pure Joi (A Trip Through Cajun Country, Part One)
When a food writer named Pableaux offers you a tour of the Lousiana Cajun country, you take him up on it.
12.14.07
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- southern u.s.,
- pork,
- culinary culture,
- francis lam
food + cooking
Utopia on a Plate
I remember the first time I ever saw an Asian man with a Southern accent; I was 15 when he came on TV and did a stand-up comedy routine.
12.11.07
- Keywords
- francis lam,
- cooking + technique,
- southern u.s.
food + cooking
Forgive Me, Grandpa
As someone who grew up drinking tea made from the tea plant, I long objected to herbal teas (or infusions or tisanes or t-fusions).
11.27.07
- Keywords
- francis lam,
- beverage,
- asian,
- african
food + cooking
If a Noodle Could Teach the World to Sing
Koreans eat soups filled with rice cakes with rice. That's like eating a roll between two slices of bread!
11.20.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- asian,
- korean,
- chinese,
- francis lam
travel + culture
An Oyster Shucker
Chris Armstrong is a man proud of his work. “They don’t come much better than me,” he said when I was bellied up to his oyster bar.
11.13.07
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- southern u.s.,
- seafood,
- culinary culture,
- francis lam
Pinterest
