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The cream of the royal crop
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/11/2016
» Whenever I am at the Or Tor Kor Market, I always try to stop in at Doi Kham, the Royal Project store there. As I wander around browsing the produce and other products, I get the feeling that it is different from supermarkets or other kinds of fresh markets. Every item I pick up has a special significance. Each was grown through the skill of a farmer who was cultivating land that in some way had been damaged or degraded. It may have been used previously to grow opium poppies, or to rotate crops until the soil was depleted and all that remained was bare mountain land without vegetation.
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Storm in a coffee cup
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 02/08/2015
» The story was a small one but generated a lot of attention, with plenty of conflicting opinions. A group of businesspeople, equipped with laptops and paperwork, went into a coffee shop and sat there for three hours negotiating and talking business. When they got up to leave they were presented with a bill for 2,260 baht — 260 baht for beverages and 2,000 baht for the time.
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Look north
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 28/09/2014
» If someone mentioned that they were planning a trip to Thi Lo Su waterfall in the Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary or Amphoe Mae Sot in Tak province, there would be nothing very surprising about it.
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A history of chilling out
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 03/02/2013
» Cold desserts made with ice, usually called just ''ice desserts'', and ice-cream were two treats that were paired in a category of their own when they first appeared in Thailand. They are close culinary relatives that have had similar careers in the history of Thai food, and both have evolved in response to changing tastes since their introduction. Today, the old ice desserts once so popular in Thailand are like people from earlier generations. When they can still be found they teach much about their era, and there are people who still enjoy them, including those from younger generations.
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EEL Appeal is largely a matter of location
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 24/02/2013
» Logically, market vendors who sell freshwater fish tend to stock the ones that everybody knows and that sell _ snakehead, catfish, local types like pla nin and pla thapthim. Others, like pla krai, sheatfish and carp are less frequent choices, bought by those with a special fondness for them. Eel might go in either group, depending on whether the market is located in an urban or rural area.
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Meal-Time mysteries something to chew over
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 18/11/2012
» Thailand is famous as a place where we are surrounded on all sides and at all times by food _ a paradise for tourists, especially aficionados of street food, and for Thais themselves. If you are travelling from Lat Krabang to Nong Chok and Ramkhamhaeng, you'll find a certain kind of food _ good Muslim cuisine, and plenty of it. But if you go from Charoen Krung Road to Yaowarat, the selection will be very different.
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