Arts and media

Creators

Khmer and Cambodian diaspora writers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, chefs and artists.

Watercolor of an artist studio with an easel, a film camera, a chapei lute and a typewriter
Illustration inspired by an arts school in Battambang.

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Loung Ung

A Cambodian American memoirist and activist whose trilogy traces survival under the Khmer Rouge and life afterward in the United States.

Chef Nak

A Cambodian chef and culinary author who documents Khmer home and royal cooking.

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8 creators

Author, Chef

Chantha Nguon

Cambodia

Cambodian memoirist and cook who reconstructs family Khmer recipes alongside an account of exile and return.

Author, Chef

Chef Nak ចុងភៅណាក់

Cambodia

Cambodian chef and culinary author who documents and revives Khmer home and royal cooking.

Author, Chef

Kanika Linden

United Kingdom

Cambodian cookbook author and photographer based in London who documented Khmer recipes and ingredients for publication.

Chef, Educator

Kethana Dunnet

Cambodia

Cambodian chef and restaurateur who founded The Sugar Palm and teaches traditional home-style Khmer cooking.

Chef

Mona Sang

United States

Cambodian American chef and restaurant owner in Chicago cooking Khmer dishes learned from her mother.

Author, Chef

Nite Yun ណែត យុន

United States

Cambodian American chef and restaurateur in San Francisco and author of the cookbook My Cambodia.

Author, Chef

Sorey Long

France

Cambodian cook and cookbook author who recorded her family's Khmer recipes for publication in French and English.

Author, Chef

Visoth Tarak Ouk

United States

Long Beach chef who founded Cambodian Restaurant Week and co-wrote a Cambodian cookbook and memoir.

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