BANGKOK LOCAL (SMITH ST)

In Bangkok, most food is still sold along canals, on street corners, from mobile carts and bustling markets. These 70 recipes will conjure the city’s magic in your own home, including fried taro cakes (kanom pak gad), rice soup with barramundi (kao tom pla kra pong), papaya salad (som tum), fried rice with pineapple (kao pad sapparod), jungle curry with pork (gaeng pa mu), late-night stir-fried crab with black pepper (pu pad prik thai dum) and the best green curry and pad Thai of your life.