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Fish sauce, rice and everything nice
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 10/09/2017
» What are your seasoning staples for cooking? In the average Thai kitchen, we have fish sauce, sugar, chilli sauce and tomato sauce. What about the other essentials for home cooking? These may include rice, dried fish, salted eggs, frozen ground pork and shrimps.
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Disobey our robotic food overlord
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 02/11/2014
» Thai food, in all of its plenitude and variety, has spread smooth as silk to every corner of the globe. But now it has come under scrutiny by a government unit that has created a device to define strict standards for recipes.
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Yearning to breathe different air
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 04/08/2019
» After living for long enough in the big city, one can fall in love easily with the fresh air, serenity of surroundings and simple but rich culture of people in the countryside. Some can feel tempted to live the rest of their lives away from Bangkok.
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Taking 'Thai' out of Thai food
Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 13/01/2019
» Whenever you come across a Thai restaurant serving food that is not up to standard, chances are that you will never set foot there again. And that can happen. But the government cannot stand such a scenario because they believe it sabotages the country’s reputation.
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The most versatile dish
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 21/10/2018
» Fried rice, one of the single most popular dishes in Thailand, has something incredible hidden inside. It has blended into all culinary cultures for a long time. Its form is very flexible, with no strict format, which allows chefs to design and change the dish the way they like. It is yummy and inexpensive. Everyone can make a fried-rice dish.
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Pottery's rich history passes the taste test
Life, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 14/09/2018
» Pottery is the oldest home appliance and food container still in use. Its important role in history endures, with the world's different regions producing their own brands and styles.
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The restos outlasting the past
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 25/12/2016
» If you are someone who has been seriously devoted to food for years, you will probably experience a special feeling when you think back to old-style dishes. They were dishes that would not disappoint, and by now have a kind of immortality to them. If you had a chance to taste food like this again, you wouldn't let such a golden opportunity pass. And if you tracked down a restaurant that has been in business for 80 to 100 years or more, and was still operating in its original location with no change in decor or in the flavour of its food, it would be like stumbling upon an enchanted palace from a fairy tale. You would feel as if you had actually passed through some portal into the past.
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The cream of the royal crop
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/11/2016
» Whenever I am at the Or Tor Kor Market, I always try to stop in at Doi Kham, the Royal Project store there. As I wander around browsing the produce and other products, I get the feeling that it is different from supermarkets or other kinds of fresh markets. Every item I pick up has a special significance. Each was grown through the skill of a farmer who was cultivating land that in some way had been damaged or degraded. It may have been used previously to grow opium poppies, or to rotate crops until the soil was depleted and all that remained was bare mountain land without vegetation.
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Let food be thy medicine
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 14/06/2015
» People who don’t do much of their own cooking probably think that preparing a meal is a complicated business. First it has to be planned, then the ingredients bought, and then there is the time spent cooking. After that there are dishes to be washed and cleaning up to do. Even then, there is no guarantee the food will turn out well. Finally, the money involved might be more than what you would have paid if you had simply bought the meal. So, might it just be a good idea to forget about the cooking, decide what you want to eat, where you want to eat it, and how much you want to spend, and then buy your meal?
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Get cracking
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 03/05/2015
» If mealtime is approaching and you haven’t given much thought to what you are going to eat, a simple omelette is a good choice. You can’t really go wrong with the basic recipe: break and beat the eggs, season with some nam pla, fry until done and serve with some hot rice.
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