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Coffee with a difference
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/04/2013
» When Blake Dinkin first developed Black Ivory Coffee, he thought it was going to be as simple as feeding coffee cherries to elephants, allowing them to be digested and excreted, and the outcome would be even better coffee beans. He was wrong.
Water world
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/04/2013
» The Northeast is parched and farmers are bearing the brunt of water scarcity at the height of summer.
A bowlful of offal can be purely delightful
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 17/02/2013
» Pork and beef offal are foods many poor people consider to be choice eating, while wealthier classes may not find them as enticing. But they have been historically important in Thailand for several reasons. They were cheap and not in huge demand, as they weren't used for anything except a few very basic dishes.
Once again, Kaset fair blossomed brightly
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 10/02/2013
» The national agricultural fair annually held at Kasetsart University, commonly known as the Kaset Fair, has become synonymous with sweet tamarind. Every year, tonnes of Phetchabun's most famous product occupy a whole block and this year's fair, held from Jan 31 and wrapping up yesterday, was no exception.
Possibilities bloom for gardeners at annual flora fair
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 03/02/2013
» Since I really have no more space for them, buying plants was the farthest thing from my mind when I attended the opening of the eight-day Eastern Flora Exhibition and Contest in Chon Buri, which ended last Sunday. But my resolve vanished when I saw adenium, or chuan chom in Thai, hybrids I had never seen before. Many had double petals and looked like roses, and came in different colour combinations, like dark red bordered by black, or light green splashed with pink. In my mind, I suddenly found space for them on the small balcony in my bedroom, and my husband, ML Charuphant, and I went home loaded with plants.
A fruitful find for your health
B Magazine, Published on 30/12/2012
» 'Let's play a guessing game, Grandma,'' my grandson Mekky, who is two years and nine months old, said to me one day. ''Guess what fruit starts with the letter A?'' He was all smiles when I answered ''apple''. Then we went on down the alphabet: B for banana, C for cherry, and D for durian. Those were easy, and I answered him promptly.
Scientists, Step away from the pineapple
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 16/12/2012
» Arose by any other name would smell just as sweet. Similarly, a pineapple by any other name would still taste like pineapple. But what if the pineapple tastes like coconut? According to an AFP report, researchers from Australia's Department of Agriculture in Queensland are in the final stages of developing a new variety of pineapple which has the taste of coconut. The new variety, to be known as the AusFestival pineapple, is reportedly sweet and very juicy.
The secrets of citrus
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 28/10/2012
» Having a fruit-bearing lime, lemon or calamondin tree is like having a kitchen herb garden. It is very convenient to just pick a fruit or two if and whenever you need it to prepare a dish or refreshing drink. However, what would you do if you had a five-year-old tree that does not produce fruit?
Oh sod it: The way to ensure the grass is always greener
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 23/09/2012
» Vikrom Suebsaeng's one-storey house in Muang Ake was submerged in 2.30m of stagnant water for more than six weeks. The flood took almost everything away and repairs have been estimated at about one million baht. About 70% of the trees and plants on his 325 wah (1,300 square metres) of land have died, the soil has hardened and the grass is gone. ''My worry is not with the trees or plants which can be bought and grown again,'' he wrote. ''I want to have my grass back and would like to have your advice on the most economical way of reviving the soil so that I can have beautiful green grass again.''
Timber or Concrete?
Life, Published on 12/09/2012
» September is here. It is known as the month of rain in Thailand and you might not see clear skies at all throughout this month. It is also the month when state-owned organisations are busy planning how to spend the last of what ever is still left of their budgetary allocations for the year _ generally on seminars, training, field trips, or even travel abroad or to other provinces.