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A sweet feat
Life, Su-Mei Yu, Published on 07/08/2012
» My friend Vithi held a tum boon, or house blessing, at his childhood home in Lampang. Elderly women relatives and neighbours gathered the day before to cook a meal that was to be part of an offering to nine monks and serve as a lunch for the gathering of friends and family members.
Forbearance of forebears the way forward
Life, Su-Mei Yu, Published on 05/06/2012
» I used to feel embarrassed when my American friends described Thailand as "the land of smiles".
The grass is always greener
Life, Su-Mei Yu, Published on 03/01/2012
» Over the past several years, I have stopped using refined sugar completely. I don't miss it at all since I don't like sweets, nor do I do much baking. However, when I cook with a recipe that calls for a sweetener, I have learned to use natural fruit juices, fruit purees, agave syrup, or homemade palm sugar that I buy directly from the maker in a far-out village in Phetchaburi.