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Kampot’s Black Gold
Bangkok Airways – Fah Thai Magazine 2014 In culinary circles, Cambodian Kampot pepper has supplanted Himalayan rock salt as the condiment du jour. Just over a decade after the pepper industry’s post-Khmer Rouge resurrection, this dark, potent, slightly floral spice is catching on around the world. Words by Robert Carry […]
Kampot Pepper Comeback
AsiaLIFE — April 5, 2014 The colonial-era French – captivated by its complex, distinct flavour – once exported pepper grown in Kampot by the tonne. Shipments of the spice, prized as the world’s best, continued until the 1970s, when production was suddenly wiped out. Forty years later, the fabled spice most […]