Chef Nite Yun, who was born in a refugee camp and went on to become an acclaimed chef, discusses her debut cookbook, 'My ...

A dozen years may seem like a long time to work on a project, particularly without certainty that it would be published. But that was just a blip compared to the lifetime of experiences Nguon had ...

Nite Yun has no memories of the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp in Thailand where she was born in 1982. The chef and owner of Nyum Bai in Oakland, California, a restaurant that has attracted national ...

It was in 1983 that Joanna Doung opened Angkor Wat, believed to be the first Cambodian restaurant in the United States. With the womblike decor with lots of pillows on the banquettes along the wall ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. Veteran Long Beach chef Visoth Tarak Ouk’s new ...

Visoth Tarak Ouk is the child of Cambodian refugees who grew up in Long Beach’s Cambodia Town in the 1990’s. In his teens, he joined a gang, seeking protection from bullies. Eventually, he pulled ...

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Sophy’s Thai & Cambodian Cuisine opens at 10 every morning of the week — early enough for the many Cambodia Town locals who have made Sophy’s a much-loved destination restaurant to stop by for a late ...

Nobody told Sam Ung how to cook. But he was watching. His parents ran Ung Hong Lee, a popular noodle restaurant in Battambang, Cambodia, that operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As a child in ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Nite Yun, who was born in a refugee camp and went on to become an acclaimed chef, about her debut cookbook, "My Cambodia." ...