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Santa Fe Paella
It’s as authentic as the Spanish original—and maybe even better at 10,000 feet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
05.05.08
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- karen coates,
- shopping,
- thai,
- portland
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.
May 2008
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- cooking school,
- travel,
- asia,
- asian
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.
May 2008
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- cooking school,
- travel,
- thailand,
- 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.
May 2008
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- cooking school,
- travel,
- thailand,
- asia
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.
May 2008
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- cooking school,
- travel,
- thailand,
- hotels
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.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- asia,
- india