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The robe offering
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 02/12/2018
» A combined festival of merit-making and dining takes place once a year. It's a festival most Buddhists wouldn't miss, the kathina ceremony.
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Pride and khoi
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 29/05/2016
» When driving around Bangkok you'll notice long stretches of ornamental plants; dense, hedge-like bushes cut into different decorative shapes. The straight twigs and leaves at the end of the branches might be shaped into spheres, and sometimes the entire plant has been sculpted into an animal form, elephants being especially popular. Often, a row of the dense plants will be planted next to a wall to create a parallel, vegetable fence.
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It's in the bag
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 07/09/2014
» The materials we use to wrap and carry food home from the shop or market have changed over the years and are certain to continue to change in the future. There are reasons for our preferences in each era, but if we consider factors such as the character of a material, its value in terms of economy and convenience, and its effect on the environment, some wrappings used in the past may rank higher than the ones we use now.
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Chilli's complicated history
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 05/05/2019
» Thai food without chilli is not Thai food. Despite its significance in Thai cuisine, there are many questions that remain unanswered about chilli. How did chilli first arrive in Thailand? What kind of chilli was it? How many chilli species do we have now? Which one is most popular? Do Thai people consume the highest amount of chilli in the world? These are questions many people want to explore.
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The old and the new
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 24/01/2016
» When you read old Thai cookbooks, you will find certain very specific descriptive words often appear with the instructions on how to prepare a dish. These can be very interesting, as they give an insight into how cooks of the past chose the ingredients and techniques that would ensure the dish would turn out at its best.
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The fruits of eating flowers
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 22/03/2015
» In Thailand, people have found a use for every part of the banana plant. If we were to describe every way in which each part of the plant has been put to use, the result would be a thick book.
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Northern soul
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 01/03/2015
» Thai cookbooks have evolved over the years. The first one that we know about, published in 1908, was written by Thanphuying Plien Phaasakonwong, and was called Mae Khrua Hua Paa (archaic Thai for “The Cook”). Besides being a skilled cook, Thanphuying Plien was an avid collector of recipes from various sources. In her book she gave measurements, a practice that was considered modern because cooks had previously relied on personal expertise in deciding how much of a given ingredient was to be used, rather than systemised measurements.
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Ancient neighbourhood with an uncertain future
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 22/06/2014
» If you want to learn about a community of the past, it isn’t too difficult to track down information. There may be a book or website that at least touches on the subject, and which offers a description of the community in question, and you should be able to build a fairly clear picture of it.
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Two standouts from the throng of thai cookbooks
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 01/12/2013
» Cookbooks exist in countless volumes and they will always be with us, but the number of really valuable and useful ones is much smaller. It would save culinary devotees time, money and shelf space to know of some of the outstanding Thai cookbooks, and today I would like to recommend a pair of volumes that I think of as gems of the genre.
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For healthy eating, there's no place like home
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 28/04/2013
» Concerns about the connection between physical well-being and the food we eat have been especially strong in Thailand lately. We hear a lot about the idea that diet is an important cause of many conditions, especially obesity.
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