I made the trek to an Asian Market in South Nashville this week. The smell of fish when I walk in always overcomes me, and it’s usually the reason I keep away for as long as I do. But International Markets are a treasure trove of strange ingredients. It’s the only place I can find a hundred different kinds of soy sauce that I never knew existed. Places like that remind me how much I love cooking. It takes me out of my comfort zone and into a creative space where I can certainly find a thousand ways to use tamarind concentrate. Which, who knew, is a fruit paste and also the secret ingredient to real Pad Thai.
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