Lightly pounding and tossing shreds of green papaya in the bowl of the mortar allows it to absorb the sweet, salty, sour, spicy paste while preserving the salad’s crisp crunch. I’m always mesmerized ...

It's not every day that you try a new restaurant and it becomes one of your favorites — or it does, then you show it to a friend or family member and they fall in love with it, too. Yet, that's ...

Allen Lo, co-founder and brand chef for Hawkers Asian Street Food, shared the recipe along with this note about why it’s a favorite. “This classic Thai salad is one of my favorites because it’s ...

Walk through a produce aisle and papayas can look confusing: Some are hard, green, and unyielding, while others glow golden and smell like tropical perfume. The secret is that both are the same fruit, ...

Single ingredient recipe books are rare, but their appeal lies in exploiting the full potential of an ingredient in ways that can be explorative and fun. The ingredient choice in chef, food critic and ...

Spring means it’s time to get excited about stocking your cart with produce.

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic for the LA Weekly. This week he reviews Papaya King, the New York hot dog stand that just opened in Hollywood. He suggests ordering the hot dog, ...

Papaya Kitchen recently opened on Lemmon Avenue near Highland Park, but this Vietnamese spot is hardly new. It’s the rebirth of Green Papaya, a community institution that served Oak Lawn for 20 years ...

They say Green Papaya isn’t authentic Vietnamese. I say: When I first moved to New York, my oldest friend introduced me to her cousin, who also lived there and was also a journalist. We hit it off ...