Kim Green

Chantha Nguon

A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

Slow Noodles

Krystal

In Cambodian tradition, the eldest girl inherits only hard work but the first son is the family's gold.

When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sowa new one?

"What is it like to have such a hard life?" "What is it, a 'hard life'?" she said.

How long does it take to reseed a devastated civilization?

I am only myself-a mosaic of flavors from near and far. Pâté de foie. Grilled prahok. Poor Grandmother's pickles. Land-mine chicken. My mother's slow bánh canh and instant Mama-brand noodles.

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