If you're looking for a light, refreshing dish, you can't go wrong with som tam Thai. Also known as Thai green papaya salad, this Southeast Asian dish offers a perfect balance of sweetness, savoriness ...

I have been entranced by the green papaya salad called som tam ever since my first visit to Tiny Thai Restaurant, in fall 2004, shortly after it opened in what is now the Essex Experience. The classic ...

Som tam, the ever-popular Thai spicy papaya salad, is ranked fifth in the latest list of the top 500 best dishes issued by Lonely Planet travel guide. The popular magazine for travellers recently ...

Lightly pounding and tossing shreds of green papaya in the bowl of the mortar allows it to absorb the sweet, salty, sour, spicy paste while preserving the salad’s crisp crunch. I’m always mesmerized ...

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. Alex McCoy, the chef behind the acclaimed globally-inspired burgers at Adams Morgan’s Lucky Buns, ...

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. A chalkboard menu describes orders of pounded salads — heavy on green papaya, fish sauce, lime, and ...

Inspired by Thai green papaya salad, this dish incorporates both of the key elements of the classic dish: som, or “sour,” thanks to a lime-juice-based dressing, and tam, or “pounded,” achieved by ...