First, prepare the Palm Sugar Vinaigrette. In a small saucepan, combine palm sugar, fish sauce and water and cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool. Once cool, add chiles, lime ...

Just past Davis Square, across from a toy store, lies Palm Sugar. This unassuming Thai restaurant has all the endearing trappings of a hole-in-the-wall, with a few too many tables to actually be one.

This time of year, many Asian countries mark the start of the rice-growing season with Ploughing Festivals. They include prosperity rituals, thought to help bring about an abundant crop of what’s at ...