A wonderful way to balance holiday indulgences and alleviate guilt is to eat something cleansing. And why not start the year on a fresh, healthy note? Green papaya salad, or som tum, is believed to ...

Spicy papaya salad is a fresh and tangy Thai-inspired dish made with shredded green papaya, chili, lime dressing, and crushed peanuts. Light, crunchy, and refreshing. Ingredients: Green papaya, garlic ...

Green papaya salads are both refreshing and spicy. If you have ever had green papaya salad, which can be found on restaurant menus throughout Sonoma County, you know its appeal. One bite turned me ...

Subtle fresh spring rolls, a rollicking green papaya salad, comforting pig’s knuckle soup, fragrant lemon grass pork, “shaking” beef and caramelized shrimp -- they’re all delicious, but hardly the ...

Green papaya salad is one of the signature dishes at Wailuku’s A Saigon Cafe, where chef/owner Jennifer Nguyen has a reputation for fresh, authentic Vietnamese cuisine. At left is a recipe for ...

Allen Lo, co-founder and brand chef for Hawkers Asian Street Food, shared the recipe along with this note about why it’s a favorite. “This classic Thai salad is one of my favorites because it’s ...

Ann Le’s parents married in 1975, a week before the end of the Vietnam War and three days before they joined relatives in two boats for an uncertain future that led from South Vietnam to a Korean ...

This Asian salad is the perfect pairing to this week's wine of the week, Smith-Madrone 2014 Napa Valley Spring Mountain Riesling. If our Wine of the Week, Smith-Madrone 2014 Napa Valley Spring ...

Asian cuisine is mysterious in many ways. Ingredients may not be as they seem. One of those ingredients is the green papaya, a pear-shaped fruit. Underripe papaya is used more like a vegetable than a ...

Spicy papaya salad, also known as green papaya salad, is a Thai-inspired dish made with shredded papaya, chili, and lime dressing. Fresh, tangy, and full of flavor. Ingredients: Green papaya, garlic, ...

Instructions: Pound garlic and chiles into a paste with a pestle and mortar to release their essential oils. This is the beginning of the process of making the dressing and salad together in the ...