Burma Basics 1: Street Food with Naomi Duguid Al fresco in Rangoon with the acclaimed cookbook author Read More
Don’t Fake the Funk: Shrimp Paste Shrimp paste, purple kryptonite for white people, is the soul of Burmese cuisine.
Monday in the mine This is, ironically, good news for the miners brought in to replace the locals, because the locals are still not allowed to mine, and now the mines won’t be flooded by the dam anytime soon.
Politics and Prayers in Rangoon Seen from one angle, the Burma-U.S. rapprochement is a sign of a bright new future. Step a foot to the side and look again, and it’s a sad little tryst between two countries with, shall we say, image problems (and a China problem).
A Republican Travel Guide to Rangoon Rangoon is still not the easiest destination for anyone, let alone a staunchly conservative burgoo-lover from Louisville on his first trip to the land of shrimp paste. Some tips for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s visit to Burma.