Lao Food Movement

04/07/2026

04/07/2026

03/25/2026

‘s ‘ The Lao Kitchen’ is going on TOUR!

Check out the cities and dates. You don’t want to miss this.

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I’m going on tour with The Lao Kitchen 🎉📘 and bringing my friends across the country with me to celebrate this huge milestone in person with you all 💛

I would love to meet you, so make sure to grab your tickets through the link in my bio before they’re gone ✨
Here’s where I’ll be stopping:
📍 April 21 • Los Angeles, CA
📍 April 22 • San Diego, CA
📍 April 23 • Dallas, TX
📍 April 27 • Washington, D.C. • Book talk at Bold Fork Books
📍 April 28 • Washington, D.C. • Dinner event at Thip Khao
📍 April 30 • Philadelphia, PA
📍 May 1 • New York, NY
📍 May 3 • Buffalo, NY

I can’t wait to celebrate The Lao Kitchen with you, share this moment together, and see you out on the road 🚗✨

03/02/2026

Press play 🎥

Thank you for coming to hang with us in Washington, DC
but more than that, thank you for showing up with your whole Jai!

Kop Jai Lai Lai to our community for standing beside . What we gathered in that room was more than a fundraiser. It was memory. It was hope. It was connection through food.

Thank you to our generous hosts , and to the beautiful hands behind the food — and — for nourishing us in every sense of the word.

Together, we raised funds to support continued work in rebuilding from a legacy of war.

It means one less field that a child is afraid to run through.
One less farmer wondering if the soil beneath their feet is safe.
One more classroom where mine risk education can protect a future.

The bombs dropped on Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia did not disappear when the war ended. They stayed — buried in the earth, passed down in silence. And yet here we are, generations later, choosing to unearth something else: healing.

To our organizers and volunteers, you carried this with care. To everyone who donated, poured a drink, bought a plate, shared a post, or simply came, you are part of this community.

Stay tuned for more!

02/27/2026

🚨 it’s time the world loves Laab ♥️

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🇱🇦 Will Larb become UNESCO heritage?

💡What do you think?

02/27/2026

Have you seen? 👀

Laab the beloved dish of Laos is eyeing cultural heritage status and is under consideration. We will find out the result in September 🙏

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🇱🇦 Laos’ national dish Larb is under consideration for inscription on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, with a decision expected in September.

If approved, it would become Laos’ fourth UNESCO-recognized cultural element.”

Read more: https://laotiantimes.com/2026/02/16/laos-national-dish-larb-eyes-unesco-heritage-status/

02/13/2026

“Peace… it never left us.”

To witness the monks walk for peace, and to cook alongside a community united in kindness and mindfulness, was a moment that will stay with us forever. Every step, every shared meal, every smile; a reminder that peace lives in action and in heart.

Deep gratitude to .usa, the monks, organizers, volunteers, first responders, and our food family for nourishing body, heart, and spirit.

🙏 — and to all the local donors, neighbors, and restaurants in DC who came out to support.

Food gathers us.
Peace walks with us. 🕊️🤍

02/13/2026

“Peace… is in us. It never left.”

Guided by the words of Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara .usa , we remembered:
peace lives in unity, in community, in shared food.

Deep gratitude to every volunteer, first responder, elder, and neighbor who showed up in DC and to our beautiful family who traveled from Florida, Texas, Georgia, California, Kansas, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and beyond.

With love to and the teams at and countless DMV and Lao food community members.

Food gathers us.
Food heals us.
Peace begins with us.

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02/06/2026

East Coast!!!!! 🚨

Dearest food family — we’re teaming up with for a special night of trivia, community, connection, and collective care 💛 A night where fun meets purpose and showing up for one another truly matters.

📅 Tues, Feb 24 | Doors open 6PM
🧠 Trivia & raffles 6:30–8:30
📍 Lost Generation Brewing Co. (dog-friendly 🐶)
🍺 $1 from every drink donated to Legacies of War
🍙 Food pop-ups: (Hawaiian-style rice balls) & Chef G
📝 SIGN UP/Tickets at link (also in our bio) ⬆️

Test your knowledge—from Lao food and UXO to geography, science, art, and more—while supporting explosive removal and healing efforts in Southeast Asia.

Come for the trivia.

Stay for the community.

Leave knowing you helped shape new legacies

02/06/2026

East Coast!!!!! 🚨

Dearear food family — we’re teaming up with for a special night of trivia, community, connection, and collective care 💛 A night where fun meets purpose and showing up for one another truly matters.

📅 Tues, Feb 24 | Doors open 6PM
🧠 Trivia & raffles 6:30–8:30
📍 Lost Generation Brewing Co. (dog-friendly 🐶)
🍺 $1 from every drink donated to Legacies of War
🍙 Food pop-ups: (Hawaiian-style rice balls) & Chef G
📝 SIGN UP/Tickets at link (also in our bio) ⬆️

Test your knowledge—from Lao food and UXO to geography, science, art, and more—while supporting explosive removal and healing efforts in Southeast Asia.

Come for the trivia.

Stay for the community.

Leave knowing you helped shape new legacies.

10/03/2025

A little bit of history and the power of cultural diplomacy. How recipes and traditions are kept alive in the diaspora.

“From 1959 to 1975, Laos was torn apart by a civil war, fought between three factions- each led by a member of the royal family. Prince Boun Oum, Prince Souvanna Phouma, and Prince Souphanouvong- the Royalist, the Neutralist, and the Communist. This is the story of the grandsons of the two princes who lost the war, and the wild and tragic paths that led them to opening a Lao restaurant in Thailand.”

🔗https://youtu.be/ax-4D8FzoWo?si=z8PqaRlDJO7tQ-p6

“How Two Exiled Princes are Keeping Alive Laos’s Royal Recipes” by .offtherails on YouTube