Even if you aren't traveling far this summer, you can take a trip through Asia right in your own kitchen. Here are 15 of our favorite Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese dishes for warm weather, including refreshing salads, barbecue crowd pleasers, and quick-cooking dinners. More

There's nothing like a sweet, cold Thai iced tea to cool off the heat from Thai curries. Making your own Thai iced tea is economical and easy! The tea used in Thai iced tea is a red-leafed variety that only grows in Thailand; its pretty orange color is really brought out by the addition of condensed milk. The Thai people call it cha-yen and drink it hot in the mornings and cold in the afternoons. More

When we last stopped in at Chinatown Food Market in Kansas City, we went home with our usual fare, although something unusual (to us) caught our attention and ended up in our basket at checkout. We're pretty familiar with the taste of most snacks and candies at Asian markets, but this one was new to us. Can you guess what it is? More

Perhaps you've seen this vegetable at Asian grocery stores or at farmer's markets. These long bundles of green (or purple!) pods are usually gathered together with a rubber band. Usually called Chinese long beans, they also go by asparagus bean or snake bean. More

Making pumpkin soup is one of our Halloween week traditions. Last year, it was pumpkin tortilla. This year, we tried a Thai-inspired recipe for pumpkin curry with peanut butter and coconut milk. More

This is one of my favorite Thai dishes - that crunchy, fresh, shrimpy salad slathered in lime, fish sauce, cilantro, and Thai basil.  It's also one of those foods I never thought to make on my own.  Instead, I reserved it for infrequent visits to Thai restaurants and Thai Buddhist temple brunches.  Until I found a place where I can buy fresh green papaya in San Francisco. 

When most of us think "lotus," we may think of the beautiful aquatic flower or the yoga position. But did you know that the rhizome of the lotus plant is edible? On the outside it looks like a long cylindrical brown tuber, but slice one crosswise, and you'll be rewarded with beautiful, lace-like slices of a crunchy and delicious vegetable. More

Just because we're eating light doesn't mean we can't entertain. Domino put together a Thai-inspired meal that can be prepared easily in a tiny apartment kitchen. (It'll work fine in a big kitchen too.) More

Last week, we discussed Import Foods as an online resource for buying Thai food items and Thai cooking supplies. Today we'll share another Thai food resource. More

Out here in California, we're a little bit spoiled by all the Asian markets and Asian produce available in the farmer's markets. Sometimes we forget that people in other parts of the country don't have access to fresh opo leaves, galangal root, or banana leaves. More