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Left: Monsoon's Thai red curry is topped with kaffir lime leaves from
Prayoon's 26-year-old-tree.
Above: Prayoon Royston and her daughter Rachel serve up Phad Thai
at Monsoon.
Prayoon Royston picks leaves off
her 26-year-old kaffir lime
tree and minces them for a
red chicken curry. The tree,
she says, is like family. She
keeps it indoors until any
threat of an East Tennessee
cold snap has passed.
The tree, in colder months,
occupies a spot in a tiny
building on Highway 67 in
the community of Doeville,
in the far northeastern corner of Tennessee. The restaurant is called Monsoon, and
Prayoon opened it in the year
2000 to bring Thai cooking
to Johnson County.
Herb and vegetable gardens surround the unassuming structure. Pepper plants
spring forth from Southeast
Asian seeds. Basil flourishes,
after the seeds are sprouted
just up the road, under constant watch from the talented students and teachers at
the Johnson County High
School Vocational Center.
"Johnson County is my
home," says Prayoon, known
to her customers as Mel,
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016
Happy 100th to Our National Parks
West Virginia Waterfalls: The Photo Essay
Blooms ‘n’ Bugs and How To Photograph Them
The Southern Mountain Bucket List
The Great Tastes of East Tennessee
Home, Sweet Mountain Home
Letters/Worth a Click
From the Editor
Contributors’ Notes
Mill Creek Stories
Mountain Report
Great Buys
Creature Feature
The Hike
Festivals & Events
Country Roads
Mountain Garden
Guest Column
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Intro
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Cover1
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Cover2
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - 3
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - 4
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - 5
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - 6
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Letters/Worth a Click
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - From the Editor
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Contributors’ Notes
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Mill Creek Stories
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - 11
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Mountain Report
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - 13
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Great Buys
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Creature Feature
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - The Hike
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Festivals & Events
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Country Roads
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - West Virginia Waterfalls: The Photo Essay
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Blooms ‘n’ Bugs and How To Photograph Them
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - The Southern Mountain Bucket List
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2016 - Mountain Garden
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