• LIFE

  Sweet success

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 03/02/2019

  » This week's Cornucopia takes you to an annual food and dessert festival that has been held for almost 30 years. It's a not-to-be-missed event for those who are familiar with it because foods and desserts that are rare these days will be available at incredibly cheap prices. It's an event that brings together volunteers that are sometimes more talented than professionals. Proceeds from the event go to charity. It's not a state affair for tourism purposes. Neither is it a promotional happening to make a shopping mall famous. And it takes place at a temple.

• LIFE

  Don't have a cow, man

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/01/2019

  » Today, people aren't eating as much beef as they used to. There are many reasons for this. Some feel cows are noble creatures that help and live with farmers, and it would be a pity to eat them. Some feel that beef is too expensive, up to twice the price of pork or three times the price of chicken. It's tougher to chew and digest. If you worship Ganesh or Guan Yin, it's a sin to eat beef.

• LIFE

  Marvellous Markets

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 08/04/2018

  » When it comes to travelling, everybody has his or her own specific purpose. Some might just want to stay trendy and go to popular places. Some travel to escape their hectic, fast-moving daily routine and probably to take a real break. Some travel just because they are curious about the unknown territory and maybe because they love challenges. Those who go on business trips usually don't have much time to explore.

• LIFE

  The rise of venison

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 26/11/2017

  » Beef used to be the most commonly consumed meat in Thailand. Its popularity faded away due to the changing preferences of modern consumers. Some would simply say that beef is getting more expensive, so they switched to pork and chicken instead.

• LIFE

  A fish fit for a king

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 04/12/2016

  » High on the list of popular fish in Thailand is tilapia, called plaa nin in Thai. It is tasty and meaty, inexpensive and easy to find in the market. Cooks can prepare it in many ways, one of the most popular being to cover the entire fish with salt and then grill it or, if it is small, to salt and sun-dry it to make plaa daed dio.

• LIFE

  Modern-Day Ordination

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 17/07/2016

  » In three days Khao Phansa, the start of Buddhist Lent, arrives. This important event in the Buddhist calendar never changes, although the ways in which it is observed shift with the character and social environment of the era.

• LIFE

  Inmates show their innate skills

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 09/08/2015

  » There is a place that we all know about — and every province has at least one. Few of us have any plans of going inside, but we are curious to know what it is like in there. I am talking about prisons.

• LIFE

  Gone but not forgotten

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 19/04/2015

  » How is it that dishes that were once favourites can disappear completely from memory? There are a number of reasons. One is that the cooks who made them are all gone.

• LIFE

  Handling the floodwaters

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 27/10/2013

  » Ayutthaya has been flooded again, but that is hardly news. The inundations have been taking place throughout recorded history. The thing that has made recent floods unusual has been their severity and violence, caused by environmental change and, in part, by the increased population. With more land being developed, the rivers and canals can no longer handle the amount of water flowing into them.

• LIFE

  Thanks for the memories

  B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 11/08/2013

  » When things that we like disappear it is normal to miss them for a while, but with time the feeling fades and eventually we may forget them. But when the thing that disappears has to do with food that we love, it can be hard to forget.

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