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Connecting Bangkok to the land of the Rising Sun
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 23/12/2022
» On view now at GalileOasis, "Tea Times: Tea Rhymes" displays over 300 tea bowls made by ceramist Panchalie Sathirasas. The various styles and sizes of the bowls were inspired by those used during a Japanese tea ceremony.
Bizarre foods
Guru, Published on 13/12/2019
» Remember the nose-to-tail restaurant trend that took over the dining scene a few years ago? Newsflash, it ain't new. There have been restaurants all over the world, including Thailand, where nose-to-tail dishes have been the stars of the show for decades! Food enthusiast Luke Farrell and I embarked on a food journey to take you to places you may have or have not been, and may not even have heard of!
Past lives
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/04/2019
» Pink canopy tents were erected over two opened pits in a small sugar-apple plantation not far from the Central Mosque, or Masjid Ban Suan, in Muang district of Lop Buri. At first glance, it looked like nobody was here. Then someone emerged from the site. He had a broken piece of clay pot in his hand.
Tillandsias just hang around
B Magazine, Published on 21/12/2014
» Last Sunday’s column was about bromeliads, known in Thai generally as sapparot see, which are some of the easiest and most rewarding plants to grow. However, there are many kinds of bromeliads, and their light requirements vary. Plants in the genera Vriesia, Guzmania and Nidularium, for example, thrive best when placed in diffused light; when placed in full sun, their leaves will burn.
Wake up and smell the coffee
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 14/09/2014
» There is no way to know how much coffee the people of Thailand drink in the course of a day. In the future, when the population grows even bigger, they are bound to consume even more. Thais and coffee are inseparably bound, and it isn't only the taste that has hooked them. One of the pleasures of Thai life is to meet up with friends in a coffee shop and relax over a steaming cupful.
Give your plants some breathing room
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 26/08/2012
» Corrinne Hopkins has had a Wrightia religiosa, known in Thai as mok, in the same pot for more than five years. ''I really love it, especially when it is in full bloom, the fragrance is just very unique and perfumey,'' she wrote. ''Recently, maybe for the last two months or so, the flower buds dropped off without turning into flowers, and lately, even before they turn to buds they are dried out, almost burnt like. The leaves also have become smaller and shrivelled up on some of them. I am not sure what to do, or what the problems are. I really love this plant.''