Day one in Thailand continued as I photographed a cooking class at the Four Seasons in Chiang Mai. Beware the Bird Eye peppers in the bowl above. They are small but they are mighty.

I have to say that the food that came out of this cooking class was some of the best I had while in Thailand, and I had some incredibly good food! Hopefully I’ll be able to recreate some of the dishes at home from the recipes provided by the Four Seasons but I’m afraid my attention was more on photography than the preparation instructions. I may come to regret that later.

The top photo of this grouping is the Gaeng Kiew Warn Kai, or Green Curry with Chicken in Coconut Milk (that may have been my favorite). Bottom left shows the open-air “classroom” and bottom right is a Som Tam, or Green Papaya Salad. If you want to learn to cook Thai food, I can’t think of a better place than this. If you want to photograph people cooking Thai food, I only suggest that you step back when the Bird Eye peppers hit the hot wok.