This week's folios:

- แกงไก่กับลิ้นจี่สด — Chicken Curry with Fresh Lychee (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- หมี่สั้วฉงน — Perplexing Mee Suaa (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- เป็ดย่างไตราว — Grilled Duck Dtai Raao (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- แป๊ะซะปลาเผา — Roasted Fish Pae Sa (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- เต้าเจี้ยวพล่า — Fermented Soybean Paste Dipping Relish (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- แปลงกะปิคั่ว — Modified Roasted Shrimp Paste Relish (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- สังขยาเผือก — Taro Custard (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)

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Bplaaeng ga bpi khuaa: shrimp paste relish with salted black olive and smoke-dried fish, fried in broken coconut oil. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Sang kha yaa pheuuak, a steamed coconut cream custard with mold-pressed taro slices, from Jeeb Bunnag's 1933 Cookbook of Rice Companion Recipes.

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Gaaeng gai gap lin jee soht: coconut chicken curry with whole fresh lychee, added last to preserve its floral aroma. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Bpae sa bplaa phao: clay-roasted snakehead fish with chili jam and tamarind dressing, from Jeeb Bunnag's 1933 palace-style manuscript.

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Bpet yaang dtai raao: smoky grilled duck stir-fried with fermented bean curd and morning glory, tenderized in papaya leaves. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Mee suaa cha ngohn: wheat noodle bundles bound with shrimp-corn paste, steamed, served in clear pork-crab broth. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Dtao jiaao phlaa, fermented soybean paste relish bruised with lemongrass, kaffir lime, and tamarind. From Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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This week's folios:

- แกงจืดปลากะพงแป๊ะฮะ — Mild Soup of Barramundi and Lily Bulbs (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- ข้าวต้มกุ้ง — Shrimp Rice Soup (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- ไก่สำเร็จ — Stuffed Whole Chicken (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- ยำกระท้อน — Santol Salad (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- นกนอนรัง — Side dish - Birds Resting in the Nest (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- ลิ้นระกาปรุง — Seasoned Chicken Tongue Relish (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)
- ขนมโก๋ถั่ว — Mung Bean khanohm Go (Jeeb Bunnag, 1933)

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Birds Resting in the Nest, baya weavers stuffed with peppery pork and draped in fine duck egg threads. From Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Khanohm go thuaa, a molded palace confection of dry-roasted mung bean flour and coarse-grain sugar, scented with jasmine and ylang-ylang. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Lin ra gaa bproong, pounded chicken tongue relish with ruaan shrimp and ginger, from Jeeb Bunnag's 1933 Cookbook of Rice Companion Recipes.

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Gai sam ret, whole chicken deboned through the neck, stuffed with pork, shiitake and lotus seeds, glazed with Maggi. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Yam gra thaawn, tart santol salad with pork, shrimp, and crushed peanuts. Fruit is salt-soaked and air-dried to reduce bitterness. Jeeb Bunnag, 1933.

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Pick up a shallot. The thin lines running from root to tip are not cosmetic - they are the bulb's structural axis, the direction along which its cells elongated as it grew. The choice you make at the cutting board is the angle at which your knife will sever those cells. The decision turns out to be governed by the same principle whether you are slicing shallots, butchering meat, preparing sashimi, or scoring squid. This essay follows that principle across the Thai, Chinese, and Japanese culinary traditions - through their verbs, their chemistry, and the architecture of the cut. It is one of the deepest patterns in cooking, and one of the least discussed.

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