Garlic, onions, shallots

Kasma cutting banana bunch

Liz working the mortar and pestle

Rose stuffing sausage

Rose and Tracey stuffing sausage

Jefferson, Eric, Liz, and Becky at the grill

Eric grilling pork for Northeastern-Style Charcoal-Grilled Pork Salad (Lahb Moo Yahng)

Pitcher plants

Stir-fried Chicken with Slivered Ginger, Wood Ear Mushrooms and Chillies (Gkai Pad King)

Mills plating the Stir-fried Chicken with Slivered Ginger, Wood Ear Mushrooms and Chillies (Gkai Pad King)

Pork-Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup with Pickled Mustard (Gkaeng Cheud Mara Yad Sai)

Northeastern-Style Charcoal-Grilled Pork Salad (Lahb Moo Yahng)

Calamansi, a citrus fruit tree also known as Citrfortunella microcarpa or calamondin, grows natively in the Phillipines. These are VERY small!

Thai chilli paste

Bottle gourd - straight and curvy

Open the coconut

Rose pounding chilli paste

Pan-Fried Spicy Beef Patties (Tawd Man Neua) - Mills and Michael frying

Becky cleaning shrimp

Bill peeling little onions

Tracey chopping

Kasma, Tracey, Bill, and Claudine plating rice salad

Becky chopping green onions

Jefferson chopping chillies

Liz with camera

Southern-Style Hot Roasted Shrimp Paste Rice with Shredded Egg, Grilled Shrimp, Sour Green Mango and Tart Citrus (Kao Kluek Keuy) (HOT!!!)

Claudine capturing rice salad

Stewed Spiced Pork Leg with duck eggs

Fried cashews, kaffir lime leaves, and dried Thai chillies

Lemon grass, ginger, Thai chillies, lime...

Frying catfish

Stir-fried Bottle Gourd with Chopped Pork (Pad Nahm Dtao)

Stewed Spiced Pork Leg Rice with Pickled Mustard Greens, Blanched Asian Broccoli and Hot-Sour Sauce (Kao Kah Moo) - and duck eggs

Claudine plating "Kitchen Garden" Fish – Crisp-Fried and Dressed in a Tart Sauce with Fresh Herbs, Diced Lime, Cashews and Crisped Shallots (Bplah Chon Chom Suan)

Audrey, Kasma, Mills, Tracey - and stewed pork leg with duck eggs

Claudine and Michael at BART lot - Thanks for the ride!

Liz chopping a chicken

Chicken, chopped

Stir-fried Bottle Gourd with Chopped Pork (Pad Nahm Dtao)

Hot Galanga Beef Soup with Holy Basil (Neau Dtom Kah)

Bitter melon, 3 colors

Grilling fish

Southern Thai Muslim Banana-Ginger Griddle Cakes (Gkalabpaeng)

Southern Crispy Fried Chicken (Gkai Tawd Bpak Dtai)

Leaf-Wrapped Charcoal-Grilled Mackerel and Herb Salad (Yam Bplah Too)

Spicy Dried-Curried Pork Ribs (Kua Haeng Seekrohng Moo), slivered kaffir lime leaves, vegetable platter

The Art of Thai Cooking

Front steps

Breakfast

"Son-In-Law" Eggs (Fried Boiled Eggs Topped with Sweet Tamarind Sauce) (Kai Loogk Keuy)

Banana flower, quartered

What is Kim holding?

Claudine and Kasma frying cuttlefish cakes

Michael mixing chive cake dough

Vegetable platter

Southern-Style Rice Salad with Assorted Vegetables and Aromatic Herbs, Toasted Coconut and Boodoo Dressing (Kao Yam Bpak Dtai)

Michael and Kim frying stuffed steamed chive cakes

Claudine with camera

Bill and Kim - chive cakes

Steamed Cassava Strips Rolled in Shredded Coconut (Kanom Man)

Pan-fried chive cakes

Thai Muslim Curry Beef Noodles (Gkuay Dtiow Kaek)

Balut at Oakland farmers market

G. B. Ratto & Co., Caffe 817; Rose and Becky

African dresses

Flour Chylde Bakery - killer chocolate gluten-free cake!!!

This little truck of pigs goes to market

Rose and Kim

Yuen Hop Noodle Company, 824 Webster St, Oakland CA

New Sang Chong Market, 377 8th St, Oakland

Wah Hang Market (2), 383 8th St, Oakland, CA

Durian

Banana leaf, sticky rice, banana, black beans - Tracey

Banana leaf, sticky rice, banana, black beans, tucking in the ends

Kasma and Liz with prawns and chicken at grill

Banana Leaf-Wrapped Sticky Rice Stuffed with Banana and Black Beans (Kao Dtom Pad)

Northeastern-Style Charcoal-Grilled Soured Pork Sausage (Saigkrawk Naem)

Northern Fried Soured Pork Ribs, Served with Diced Ginger and Shallots, Roasted Peanuts and Thai Chillies (Naem See Krohng)

Grilled salt-encrusted fish

Fried cashews and chillies

Long beans and pork; Gkaeng Awm Curry with Catfishfish and Bitter Melon

Crispy Shredded Duck and Lemon Grass Salad (Yam Bped Gkrawb)

Pork and Long Beans Stir-Fried with Spicy Prik-king Chilli Paste (Moo Pad Prik King)

Jefferson's fabulous Thai shirt

Audrey, Tracey, Michael, and Liz

Steamed Banana Leaf-Wrapped Sticky Rice Stuffed with Banana and Black Beans (Kao Dtom Pad)