The clouds had been threatening all morning, but with a few commissions with tight deadlines for stories on our trip to Mount Kulen we had no choice but to keep riding through the jungle so I could photograph the ruins of the so-called lost city of Mahendraparvata in northern Cambodia, a few hour’s drive from Siem … Read more
This Beef Panang Curry Recipe – a traditional Thai Phanaeng Nua recipe that often simply appears as a Penang Curry recipe in Thai cookbooks – comes courtesy of one of our favourite Thai chefs, Ian Kittichai. It’s probably a little too soon in our Year of Asian Cookbooks project for me to be confused by … Read more
I travel to learn. I think I’ve always travelled to learn – to learn about places and about people, to learn about the past and the present, to learn about the world. For me, learning holidays and educational travel are the most enriching forms of travel. They are what motivate me to move and represent … Read more
In the latest edition of my reflections on photography series Monday Memories, a young student stretches at Battambang circus school in northwest Cambodia. Ouch. Over the last few months I’ve spent some time behind the scenes taking photographs of performers under the big top at Phare Cambodian Circus in Siem Reap, as well as at Phare … Read more
This Thai red curry paste recipe kicks off a new food series called A Year of Asian Cookbooks. You can find my introduction to the project here. Is there a better way to start our year-long stint exploring Asian cookbooks than with making a Thai red curry paste with a mortar and pestle? A Thai … Read more