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    Clawing together a delicious lobster dish

    B Magazine, Published on 26/02/2012

    » Eric Johnson was the celebrity chef at the exclusive Dining Diary event recently hosted by Central Embassy at Ptendercool's PT Gallery. Currently based in Hong Kong, where he is opening a new restaurant after the success of his US-style establishment, Union J, Johnson's ascent to fame came through his link with Jean-Georges Vongerichten for whom he was first sous chef in New York, then a partner at Restaurant Jean-Georges at Three on the Bund in Shanghai.

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    Travelling Tastes

    B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 26/02/2012

    » More than a century ago, many Thai civil servants travelled to study in the West, sent off to acquire knowledge that they could use in the country's development. When they returned home they brought the new methods, foreign languages and innovative approaches to administration and management that they had learned abroad. They also brought the knowledge they had gained of Western culture, including the delights of European food.

  • LIFE

    Orchids are born to be wild

    B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 26/02/2012

    » While we were staying in a hotel during a family holiday in Prachuap Khiri Khan, the friendly hotel owner suggested that we make a side trip to Dan Singkhon near the Thai-Myanmar border. ''There's a thriving market there for wild orchids from Burma,'' she said. I had heard of Dan Singkhon before, but although Prachuap Khiri Khan is my family's favourite holiday destination and we go there every chance we get, we had never been to Dan Singkhon. It's not because we don't like orchids, but buying orchids taken from the wild is tantamount to encouraging poachers to go back to the forests to collect more plants to sell in the market.

  • LIFE

    A match made in heaven at khao yai

    B Magazine, Published on 26/02/2012

    » Without a doubt one of the most high-profile weddings of the year was that of Grace Mahadumrongkul and her handsome beau, Commander Jongjade Vatcharanunt of the Royal Thai Air Force's Civil Affairs Department.

  • LIFE

    Friends in need

    B Magazine, Published on 19/02/2012

    » - Khao Tang is a two-year-old female Siberian husky. Her owner left her at a local shelter. She is terribly infected with mange but is being treated now. She is very friendly.

  • LIFE

    Cross-Cultural name game turns diamonds into dung

    B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/02/2012

    » I once had a student who was preparing for a trip to Australia. He was a 30-year-old engineer from Chiang Mai who'd won a three-month scholarship to Melbourne. His English wasn't great but he was a fast learner and extremely diligent. Anyway, it wasn't his English that bothered me.

  • LIFE

    Ask Yourself: Do i feel plucky?

    B Magazine, Published on 19/02/2012

    » Peng Ratchaworapong admits his ukulele obsession has gotten the better of him. ''I probably own about 16 now,'' he says. ''But they are so small and so cute right? They don't take up much space. Think about it like a woman and her shoes.''

  • LIFE

    Hills alive with the sound of music

    B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 19/02/2012

    » In a corner of Loei province so remote that the only mobile phone reception comes from Laos, robust opera arias and piano arpeggios ring out. It's not what you'd expect to hear in this typically tranquil spot near Pak Chom along the Mekong, but with the 11th Agalin music camp under way, the sounds of nature give way to those of the classics.

  • LIFE

    Play it to death

    B Magazine, Published on 19/02/2012

    » Despite all the negative buzz surrounding her lately, Lizzy Grant, aka Lana Del Rey, still makes good on her debut album, 'Born to Die'

  • LIFE

    An authentic taste of the sub continent in the heart of bangkok

    B Magazine, Published on 19/02/2012

    » The original Royal India _ in Phahurat (aka Little India) _ first opened its doors 45 years ago, and was the first Indian restaurant in Thailand. It has won several awards, and was included in Thailand Tatler's guide to the best restaurants in Bangkok from 2002 to 2011.

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