Ia was not alone in fleeing Laos. Over time, well over 100,000 Hmong would resettle in the United States. In 1981, one of them managed to have 12 rice seeds from Laos sent to him in North Carolina ...

So we taught people how to grab sticky rice and roll it up in the ball and eat it with larb. Laura Barrón-López: She renamed Bangkok Golden in 2017 to Padaek, the very sauce she was taught to hide.

May 16—July 20, 2023. That's the day Sam Phommahasay made the leap and started the food truck, Rice Box. "I come from a restaurant background," he says. "All my life, my family have had three ...

Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, is known the abundant use of fresh greens and various forms of rice in its cuisine. Nam khao (crispy rice salad) is a popular dish there, and Thip ...

China funded much of the new infrastructure that transformed Laos. But the land-locked country of 7.5 million is in economic distress because of its debt. ... No sticky rice and laab.