LOWELL — The city may have the second-largest Cambodian-American population in the U.S. after Long Beach, California, but Lowell was cookbook author Padma Lakshmi’s first stop when scouting locations ...

Shlap Muan is a Cambodian restaurant combining chicken wings with Cambodian flavors. Shlap Muan means chicken wings in Khmer, a language spoken in Cambodia. "My 'Cambodian dirt' is my best selling ...

Home to the UNESCO world heritage site of Angkor Wat and also some of Asia's least discovered cuisine. In this episode we dive into both to show you the beauty of Khmer culture, food and history. This ...

Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace opened South LA Cafe with a mission to fight racial, social and economic inequality. Their next project? Overseeing the Natural History Museum's entire food and beverage ...

It should come as no surprise that the civilization that built Angkor Wat can also cook, but Khmer cuisine isn’t just unsung; it has been systematically erased. A millennium of cultural knowledge—an ...

This should be clear from the start: Khmai, the city’s second Cambodian restaurant, deserves acclaim for dishes as complex and mesmerizing as anything I’ve eaten all year. I’m far from the only one in ...

At Mister Mao, chef Sophina Uong draws from cuisines around the globe, and she and husband William Greenwell dub their restaurant a “tropical roadhouse.” On Mondays during summer, a mix of guest chefs ...

Crystal has been around for about as long as I can remember. (Was it already open when Long Beach became a city?) It has a loyal cult following of regulars who keep the kitchen busy churning out ...

Sophy’s Thai & Cambodian Cuisine opens at 10 every morning of the week — early enough for the many Cambodia Town locals who have made Sophy’s a much-loved destination restaurant to stop by for a late ...