Some  kids are lucky to have one or both parents take them to their first day of school.  In my case, it was my preacher, Brother Dale.  He was the one who took us to school.  I was seven years old when I started school in America.  I was put into Mrs. Bizzell’s second grade class.  [...]

This week we made some Banh Xeo, also known as Vietnamese Crepes.

Filled with a mixture of Pork and Ear Mushrooms, and served with a little Sweet Chilli Sauce, these went down really well. The Banh Xeo were cut in to 5cm discs, making them a nice sized Amuse Bouche.
(The Laocooks wrapped whole Banh Xeo´s and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Lobster Sashimi and Kobe Beef”, url: “http://laocook.com/2008/05/09/lobster-sashimi-and-kobe-beef/” });

More remnants of Boun Lai Heua Fai - khom dao (star-shaped lanterns):

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Took the above picture from my office on Friday afternoon, after a very tiring week of travel, capped off by an overnight bus trip.

Last Saturday, I took this picture. I might have saved it for posting today; however

The weather is getting warmer over here and it reminds me of tum maak houng and ping kai in Laos. Of course over there you can have all your tum and ping kai at any time of the year. During the rain season my relatives would gather under a house and have som tam party. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Summer time som tam”, url: “http://laovoices.com/2008/05/09/summer-time-som-tam/” });

ผู้จัดการออนไลน์– โครงการอาหารโลกแห่งสหประชาชาติ หรือ WFP (World Food Programme) ได้ประกาศงดการส่งอาหารกับความช่วยเหลือเข้าพม่าอย่างกะทันหันเมื่อวันศุกร์ (9 พ.ค.) นี้ หลังจากพม่าประกาศจะรับแต่ส่งของความช่วยเหลือและไม่รับเจ้าหน้าที่กู้ภัยจากภายนอกเข้าไปปฏิบัติการ