from the border town of Tumpat for khao jam to the lemang and rendang shacks in Pahang
and even "old pigeons made to taste like squabs
to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts
From modern-day pig drovers to Wittenburg splits
In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus
Pok Pok: Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand (Andy Ricker, JJ Goode) Southern Italy from the border town ofA guide to bold, authentic Thai cooking from Andy Ricker, the chef and owner of the wildly popular and widely lauded Pok Pok restaurants. After decades spent traveling throughout Thailand, Andy Ricker wanted to bring the country's famed street food stateside. In 2005 he opened Pok Pok, so named for the sound a pestle makes when it strikes a clay mortar, in an old shack in a residential neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. Ricker's traditional take on