The first time I had Lao food, I fell hard for a dish I then obsessed over for years. I’d think about it on the subway, while cooking dinner, folding laundry, during a run. I’d recall its flavors and ...

ORANGE – When Xay Phengsy was growing up in Laos, her mother taught her how to make kao poon, a traditional noodle dish served with coconut milk and curry broth. Now Phengsy, who immigrated to the ...

Restaurants serving Laotian food, like C.R. Noodle House in La Vergne and King Market in Antioch, have been in the Nashville area for more than a decade. But many people may not even know what Lao ...