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No Vacation From Gardening: The Galangal Root Adventure

  • Pieces of galangal root with pumpkins from my garden that went into a Thai curry I cooked Tuesday night. Photo by Andy Behlen
    Pieces of galangal root with pumpkins from my garden that went into a Thai curry I cooked Tuesday night. Photo by Andy Behlen
  • No Vacation From Gardening: The Galangal Root Adventure
    No Vacation From Gardening: The Galangal Root Adventure
I’m on vacation this week, so on Tuesday, my son John and I drove to Austin to buy a galangal root from an Asian market. If you’ve read my column for a while, you know I’m a huge fan of Thai cuisine. Thankfully, so are my wife and kids. One of the main reasons I garden is to grow the ingredients for Thai dishes that I cannot find locally - Thai basil, Thai eggplants, lemongrass, my beloved…

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