Frommer's Thailand (Frommer's Complete Guides)
Food and Beverage Highlight: Chiang Mai Cookery School, ThailandPhoto by Chiang Mai Thai Cookery SchoolSompon Nabnian has been a local celebrity since 1993 when he and his English wife, Elizabeth, first launched this cooking school in northern Thailand's capital, Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai's distinctive regional cuisine incorporates accents from the southern Chinese who settled here centuries ago and the Burmese who ruled the region until 1775.