Cambodian cooking — the culinary tradition of the Khmer people and the Khmer Empire (802–1431 CE, which at its peak controlled much of mainland Southeast Asia) — is simultaneously one of the oldest continuous culinary traditions in Southeast Asia and one of the most severely disrupted. The Khmer Rouge period (1975–1979) destroyed not only people but food traditions — the systematic murder of the educated class included the people who had documented and maintained the country's culinary traditions. The recovery of Cambodian food culture is ongoing.
The Cambodian culinary tradition.
BURMESE + CAMBODIAN + LAOTIAN + SOUTH CAUCASUS