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The other side of Songkran
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 12/04/2020
» When Songkran is approaching, people instinctively bring out colourful shirts to wear as a gesture to celebrate the occasion.
Sweet success
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 21/07/2019
» Sugar is indispensable to Thai cuisine. Granular sugar is widely used in the present day but sugars made from sugar palm or coconut trees or sugarcane are still as suitable for traditional Thai dishes and sweets as ever.
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.
Weighing risks of herbicide
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 15/07/2018
» Many stories have been told about people, despairing of life, taking the herbicide paraquat as a way out.
Eating pretty
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 10/06/2018
» Food in the global culinary scene is getting more "stylish". By this, we mean to say that several restaurants have started to dress their dishes up in order to make them more photogenic and thus, one may say, more fashionable.
A fruit for all seasons
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 27/05/2018
» The mango may seem at face value like any ordinary fruit. Despite being highly sought after by tourists in Thailand, the cheap, omnipresent fruit is a standard -- even monotonous -- fixture in most Thai homes.
Where food meets faith
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 11/03/2018
» In the past, food and religion were seen as inseparable parts of daily life by Thais. There are several reasons behind this thinking -- some that one may say represents the Thai spirit.
Bone-Free, Worry-Free
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 19/11/2017
» Ever wonder why it is so wonderful to have a good bowl of khao tom pla insi (rice soup with king mackerel), mahi-mahi steak or grilled salmon with soy sauce? The credit, at least partly, goes to the skill of your cook. The other part of such a pleasant eating experience is that the fish comes bone-free. Somebody has done a very good filleting and deboning job for you already.
The South's bypassed beauties
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 18/06/2017
» The South of Thailand is full of intrigue and mystique for explorers. Despite its reputation for being rain-soaked, the region can be enjoyed across all seasons.
A flash in the pan
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 21/05/2017
» The most notorious pan in Thailand now is the Korea King pan being sold through social media and home shopping networks. The value-adding word "Korea" makes the Teflon pan seem more hi-so and eligible to be expensive. The product's advertisement claims that the frying equipment is worth 13,000 baht but the buy-one-get-one promotion offers shoppers two for only 3,300 baht. The importers are said to spend 15-16 million baht a month for such advertising but so far they have made up to 8 billion baht.