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Going Deep with Chef Andy Ricker

We spoke with the award-winning chef, restaurateur, and bestselling author who helped popularize Northern Thai cuisine in the United States and has been an important guiding force for the League of Travelers.

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The beer is cheap and the larb is fresh, but Chiang Rai is more than all that. These 10 bits of local wisdom will help get you started.

A Fisherman’s Dilemma in the South China Sea

The geopolitical struggle between China and the Philippines has strangled Filipino fishermen’s access to some of their richest fishing grounds

A Model Farm in the Yucatán Looks to the Ancient Maya

Mestiza de Indias is an innovative, Maya-inspired regenerative farm in the middle of a region threatened by mass tourism and overdevelopment. Its founder has a lot to say about why food matters.

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The Life and Wanderings
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How does one become a successful chef and restaurateur? If there is a standard path, Andy Ricker sure as hell didn’t take it.

How Vietnam Eats Today:
Q&A with Daniel Nguyen

Ahead of our League of Travelers trip to northern Vietnam, R&K’s Charly Wilder caught up with Daniel Nguyen, an activist, distiller, researcher, and our host for this fall’s journey into the highlands and beyond.

Can Fruit Help Feed the Marine Life of Tanzania?

In Tanzania, NovFeed is transforming the country’s compost into a source of cheap and nutritious feed for farmed fish. NovFeed is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize.

A Swedish Seed Solution Takes On Big Agriculture

Could an all-natural steam seed treatment replace mainstream agricultural chemical treatments? ThermoSeed, a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize, thinks so.

Taking the Factory Out of the Farm in the American West

Transfarmation is an organization helping former factory farmers move from debt-laden, environmentally damaging practices toward a sustainable future. Transfarmation is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize.

Could A Scientist’s New Soil Treatment Solve Desertification?

In a small dry corner of England, Aquagrain is creating a super-absorbent biodegradable hydrogel that could help crops grow in degraded lands. Aquagrain is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize.

A Global Alliance of Mayors Aims to Make Good Food Cities

Food accounts for 13% of cities’ carbon emissions every year. But a small league of C40 Good Food Cities, from New York to Quezon City, is hoping to change that.

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Ask Beatriz Janer about Seville’s storied Feria de Abril, and you’ll get a quick sense of what makes her photographer’s eye for detail so special.

Bangkok’s Unlikely New Culinary Hero

In a semi-hidden location in the north of Bangkok, an American-Thai chef has, somewhat improbably, opened one of the city’s most well-regarded restaurants.