• LIFE

  Life's freshest ingredients

  Life, Published on 30/09/2016

  » The afternoon sun had melted most of the ice in the Mason jar that held Alton Brown's sangria. At 54 and recently divorced, the king of the food-science geeks and master of ceremonies to the first Food Network generation, rocked gently on a backyard swing and pondered the big questions.

• LIFE

  The veggie burger develops muscle

  Life, Published on 30/09/2016

  » It had been a culinary nobody, mushy and maligned.

• LIFE

  More Nazi bashing

  Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 30/09/2016

  » Scholars of ancient times are discovering that the further back their research takes them the more history and myths become entwined. There seems to have always been priests to explain the meaning and workings of the cosmos, coming up with new religions to support their explanations.

• LIFE

  The rise of Hitler from dunderhead to demagogue

  Life, Published on 30/09/2016

  » How did Adolf Hitler -- described by one eminent magazine editor in 1930 as a "half-insane rascal", a "pathetic dunderhead", a "nowhere fool", a "big mouth" -- rise to power in the land of Goethe and Beethoven? What persuaded millions of ordinary Germans to embrace him and his doctrine of hatred? How did this "most unlikely pretender to high state office" achieve absolute power in a once-democratic country and set it on a course of monstrous horror?

• LIFE

  Taste of Parisian flair

  Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 30/09/2016

  » With an inspiring number of globally famous eateries opening in Bangkok over recent years, the city is without doubt no stranger to world-class establishments.

• LIFE

  Clafoutis, any way you want them

  Life, Published on 30/09/2016

  » It used to be that clafoutis were always baked French pancakes studded with cherries.

• LIFE

  Crossing the cinematic border

  Life, Published on 30/09/2016

  » The air was electric, punctuated by shrieks of euphoria, as fans brushed shoulders with the stars of TT & Donut prior to the film's debut at the Paragon Cineplex one recent evening. Necks craned and cameras blazed when Pyay Ti Oo, the film's male lead, along with Thai actresses starring in the film, began down the red carpet to join others from the production.

• LIFE

  Depicting seasonal change

  Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 30/09/2016

  » Mrigadayavan Palace, the summer palace of King Rama VI located on the beach between Cha-am and Hua Hin in Phetchaburi, will celebrate the opening of its Archives Room, which compiles all information on cultural resources, with two interesting exhibitions. They will both kick off tomorrow and run until Jan 5 next year.

• LIFE

  What's in a nickname?

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 30/09/2016

  » Earlier this month, New Zealand Herald reported that Thai students were asked to adopt new nicknames for "smoother cultural integration" in New Zealand. You see, some Thai names and nicknames just sound so unfavourable in English. You know, the likes of Poo, Pee or Porn for instance, for obvious reasons.

• LIFE

  Chillin' on the rooftop

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 30/09/2016

  » <b>The setting:</b> CHAR Rooftop Bar recently opened as a part of CHAR Bangkok which consists of the bar itself on the 26th rooftop floor and CHAR Restaurant with private rooms on the 25th floor.

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