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A Heartbreaking Work of Middling Genius

We are accustomed to think of the breakdown of the traditional family as a Western, and particula...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Thailand's new high-end hip hotels

New hotels and resorts fuel design innovation in Thailand...

Thailand AFP/Charlie McDonald-Gibson

Suriyothai Dinner & a Movie Recipes & Photos

Thai Spring Rolls with Shrimp ½ cup tiny bay shrimp 1 carrot, coarsely grated 6 mushrooms, chopp...

Thailand Celeste Heiter

Recipe: Thai Style Cooked Rice

Serves about 8 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic, crushe...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

Recipe: Kraphong Khao Priao Wan - Sweet and Sour Fish

Serves about 6 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 teaspoon powdered garlic 1/2 tea...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

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Recipe: Som Tam - Shrimp Salad

Serves about 6 1 small green papaya (about 1 1/2 pounds), shredded 2 medium tomatoes, diced into ...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

Rainy Days In Paradise...

I come from Scotland a country of wind and rain and hail and snow. A country where the briefest g...

Thailand Neil Campbell

Recipe: Klai Buad Chi - Bananas in Coconut Milk

Serves 4 3 cups coconut milk4 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 large bananas, sliced in half...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

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Sometimes he wears a straw hat while lingering closely behind his cart, and sometimes he sleeps o...

Thailand Tara Russell

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The Seven Hour Load of Laundry

One of the mega-perks of living in our serviced apartment is that we now have a washer/dryer (one...

Thailand Tara Russell

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Five Study Abroad Programs in Thailand

Exotic. Friendly. These two words come up again and again in conversations, articles, and essays ...

Thailand Dawn Stanton

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Chance encounters with Thailand

It's funny how your impression of a place can be so colored by being in transit to someplace else...

Thailand Ben Bangs

Thais walk past rows of banners and signs advertising the Bangkok International Film Festival.

Thailand's quirky films take on the world

BANGKOK, Jan 15, 2003 - Ancient royal kingdoms, transvestite volleyball players and warrior water...

Thailand AFP/Samantha Brown

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Apologia Pro Mea Loca, or Why I Live in Thailand

Every now and again, somebody asks me why I live in Thailand. Usually the questioner is well inte...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Buddha's Revenge and a Hospital Slumber Party

Because Thai food is served family style about 95% of the time, typically if one person gets sick...

Thailand Tara Russell

Sunset over the Chao Phraya

Riverine Bangkok

Thais call Bangkok Krung Thep, City of Angels"; the name dates from 1782, after the original capi...

Thailand Robert Tompkins

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Recipe: Nue Gra Pao / Stir-Fried Beef

Serves about 6 1 tablespoon hot chilli pepper, finely chopped 1 medium onion, chopped 5 cloves ga...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

* * * * * " Gon. Nay, good, be patient. Boats. When the sea is." -- William Shakespeare, The Temp...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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BANGKOK, April 2, 2006 - Thailand, which is holding early elections Sunday, is a constitutional m...

Thailand AFP

Great Novel, Pity About the Subject

Review of John Burdett's Bangkok 8, Bantam Press, 2003.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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