The food of northern Thailand is a world away from the highly refined, royal court and Chinese-influenced style of cooking in Bangkok--the Thai food that most of us are familiar with. It's a cuisine with its own distinct identity, one that is rustic and earthy, meaty and fragrant; one with roots in the Thai repertoire but with branches that extend into unfamiliar areas; a cuisine that feels ancient, but is ever evolving. In this book, Bush travels across northern Thailand to talk to the region's home cooks, academics, restaurateurs, writers, and hawkers. Their recipes and stories, along with Bush's photographs, capture the people, countryside, markets, andof course, dishes and cooking techniques of northern Thailand

• A (very) brief history of northern Thailand
• The people of northern Thailand
• The food and flavors of northern Thailand
• Cooking northern Thai-style
• Northern Thai cooking methods
• Northern Thai kitchen tools
• Chiang Mai
• Chiang Rai
• Lampang
• Mae Hong Son
• Phrae & Nan