Cooking and Culture: Dining The Cambodian Way
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAfter arriving in the US from Cambodia, author Narin Seng Jameson started cooking traditional recipes as a way of staying connected with her homeland. After contributing to recipes to the cookbooks of The New Zealand Poultry Association in Wellington, The International Cookery Group in Yangon, Myanmar, and the food section of the Washington Post, she has now produced Cooking the Cambodian Way: The Intertwined Story of Cooking and Culture in Cambodia.
Much more than simply a cookbook, Cooking the Cambodian Way takes the reader on a culinary journey back to the 1950s and '60s in Cambodia, prior to the Khmer Rouge takeover, and shares author Narin Jameson's passion for the traditional Cambodian dishes she savored as a child in Phnom Penh. It is a cultural treasure chest — one part cookbook, one part travelogue. Her recipes will send you straight to the kitchen!
Please join Narin Jameson, Franklin Huffman, and Jamie Amelio for a presentation and discussion on Cambodian culture and cuisine.
Narin Seng Jameson was educated at école "Sup Sec" in Paris, the University of Phnom Penh, the Americanization School in Georgetown and the Victoria University of New Zealand. Since returning from overseas in 1993, Jameson has been very active in the Cambodian Buddhist Temple in Silver Spring, Maryland and helps organize the teaching program and occasionally serves as a substitute teacher for different classes, including Cambodian language, Dhamma, dance and music.
Jamie Amelio is the Founder and CEO of Caring for Cambodia, a nonprofit, non-governmental, charitable organization whose mission is to secure a better, brighter future for the children of Cambodia by providing them with an education. In both 2005 and 2010 Amelio was awarded the prestigious Golden Hand Service Award by the Cambodian government, and named as a 2010 Classic Woman of the Year by Traditional Home Magazine.
Franklin Huffman has authored nine books and numerous articles on Southeast Asian languages and linguistics. He has spent some 10 years in residence and research in Asia, and has worked and traveled in more than 80 countries. In 2004 Huffman donated his Khmer language collection to the Buddhist Institute in Phnom Penh. He currently lives in Washington, DC, where he is working as a writer and consultant.
All proceeds from sales of Cooking The Cambodian Way benefit Caring for Cambodia.
Event Details
Asia Society Washington, The Cinnabar Room, Whittemore House, 2nd Flr., 1526 New Hampshire Ave, NW