SLIDE SHOW: Where Food Drives Out Politics
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | A vegetable seller in Bangkok. |
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | This vendor sells chickens roasted in an improvised oven, made of a thick, clay pot with a tin of charcoal inside. They emerge after a half an hour juicy and deeply smoky. |
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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Photo by Jarrett Wrisley
The oven at work.
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | The people make this market a special place to eat. |
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | Fried chicken and omelets for sale. |
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | The scent from a row of curry vendors carries across the market. |
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | A man feeds sugarcane into a press to make juice. |
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | This vendor from the Northeast specializes in a chili dip enriched with field cockroaches ( naam prik meengdaa ). I have yet to try it. |
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand
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 Photo by Jarrett Wrisley | A child waits for hot kanom krok , toasted cups of coconut milk and corn that is both salty and sweet. |
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Photo by Jarrett Wrisley
Our dinner, purchased at my newly discovered market.
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
after a tumultuous year in Thailand