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Learn more about Thai cooking, such as how to cook with lemongrass, or where to buy a wok. A guide to Thai ingredients you'll need for most Thai recipes, plus utensils and other elements of the Thai kitchen.
How to Prepare Lychee Fruit
If you've ever walked by the lychee stand and wondered how to eat (or even if you'd want to eat!) this exotic looking fruit, check out my lychee how-to guide. You'll learn everything you need to know about buying and preparing delicious lychee fruit. In my case, I often sit down with a bowl of lychees after dinner and enjoy them as a dessert (shelling and eating them as I go). But if you'd rather make something with your lychees, check out the recipe links attached. ENJOY!
How to Cook with Banana Leaf
Banana leaves serve many purposes in Asian cooking, from adding flavor to foods cooked inside them, to simply being used as a colorful and exotic background for serving-plates and party platters. Banana leaves are beautiful, fun to use, and easy to cook with! Find out how to buy banana leaves, how to cook with them, how to decorate your platters with them, and how to store extra banana leaves for use next time.
All About Mangoes: How to Choose, Cut, and Eat a Mango
How do you choose a mango, and how do you know if it's ripe? How do you go about cutting a mango? And how do you eat it? If you've ever asked yourself any of these questions, you can easily find the answers by checking out this "All About Mangos: How to Cut a Mango" guide (with pictures).
How to Cook with Lemongrass
Lemongrass is an essential ingredient in Thai cooking. Find out how to purchase lemongrass, and how to prepare it for use in Thai food. Learn how to add lemongrass to your recipes, and even how to grow it in your garden!
Thai Cooking Tips
Check out these cooking tips to make your culinary exploration of Thailand a little easier.
Preparation is Everything
The importance of getting ingredients ready ahead of time in Thai cooking.
Key Thai Herbs and Spices
What is galangal? What is turmeric for? They are two of the herbs and spices indispensable to Thai cooking. Read about these ingredients and find out how to use them.
Specialty Thai Cooking Ingredients
More Thai Cooking Ingredients - some of the special ones you may not have heard of, but you will want to incorporate to get the most out of your Thai cooking experience.
The Thai Kitchen
Furnish your kitchen with the right utensils for Thai cooking. You'll be surprised - you may already have many of these implements.
Thai Cooking Ingredients and Cookware Shopping
Online shopping for Thai cooking ingredients and cookware made simple at the Temple of Thai - your one stop shopping for non stop cooking.
Asian Food Grocers
Asian food specialist for all ingredients required in Asian food cooking recipes, including Thai cuisine.
Too busy to make curry paste? Order some online!
If you're too busy or too tired to make your own paste, try this excellent substitute. These curry pastes (ordered online) are made in Thailand and feature the same ingredients you would use if you were making your own from scratch (and no preservatives, hydrogenated oils, or other unwanted ingredients). It's real Thai cooking at home, but easier.
Shopping for Thai Ingredients at An Asian Market
What is galangal? What do I do with Kaffir lime leaves? Where can I find lemongrass? Shopping for Thai ingredients in an Asian market can be a daunting experience if you don't know what to look for and where to find it. This page will take you through the labyrinth of Thai specialty ingredients and foodstuff in a typical Asian market.

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