Recipe: Stir-Fried Chile-Lemon Shrimp and Rice Noodles — Recipes from The Kitchn

I’ve been fascinated by Thai cuisine recently, mainly because one of its tenets is a balance of hot, sour, salty, and sweet. I took that balance to heart when creating this easy weeknight stir-fried noodle dish; it’s seasoned with condiments I always have in the door of my refrigerator, and peppered with plump shrimp I keep on hand in the freezer.

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Hawaii’s Greatest Food Hits — Travel Tips from The Kitchn

If Hawaii has always felt a bit, well, out there, that’s because it is. The 49th state is nearly 2,500 miles from California (and less than 4,000 miles from Japan). But Hawaiian culture — and Hawaiian food in particular — is having something of a moment on the mainland. Poke, a traditional Hawaiian raw fish salad that’s basically a chunkier version of tuna tartare, is everywhere; SPAM is staging a comeback; and it seems inevitable that the loco moco, a two-patty burger with fried eggs and gravy, will make an appearance on the Shake Shack menu any day now.

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