A dozen years may seem like a long time to work on a project, particularly without certainty that it would be published. But that was just a blip compared to the lifetime of experiences Nguon had ...

Cambodia's cuisine often gets less international attention than Thailand or Vietnam, but Khmer food is just as vibrant and steeped in history and culture. It's shaped by the country's rivers, rice ...

In 2009, Nite Yun went to Cambodia for the first time. At the famous Hindu temple Angkor Wat, she dropped acid, watched ancient carvings come to life and saw a vision of her life's purpose. By now, ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. For chef Nite Yun, a 2018 Eater Young Gun and the author of the just-released cookbook, My Cambodia, an ingredient ...

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 ...

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 ...

When her children were younger, Chantha Nguon would often share stories from her life during meals. But they weren’t always the easiest memories to recount. As a child, Nguon had been uprooted from ...

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 ...

This may be the couple’s first Cambodian restaurant, but Num Pang’s story goes back generations. Each menu item is inspired by recipes from Nikki’s grandmother, who fled the Cambodian genocide and ...