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One Night in Kyoto
Kyoto, a town known for its gardens and temples, also has a lively, if refined, food scene. Restaurants typically specialize in one type of food.
11.29.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- travel,
- asia,
- japan,
- vegetarian
travel + culture
Gourmet Market
Bounty. It has a proper name: Gourmet Market. It has a distinct location: Bangkok's Siam Paragon mega mall.
11.21.07
- Keywords
- shopping,
- supermarket,
- travel,
- asia,
- thailand
travel + culture
Key Notes: Our Native Village, India
This 20-room rustic hideaway bills itself as India’s "only 100 percent eco-friendly back-to-basics lifestyle resort." In
plain English, that means solar power, windmills, and composting.
11.16.07
- Keywords
- hotels,
- travel,
- asia,
- india,
- shoba narayan
travel + culture
Iberry, The Ben & Jerry’s of Thailand
Iberry, the ultimate in Thai ice cream, produces more than 100 homemade flavors, using seasonal ingredients and creative concoctions that have no rival.
11.12.07
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- dessert,
- asia,
- thailand,
- karen coates
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Si Bon, Singapore
Kyoto, a town known for its gardens and temples, also has a lively, if refined, food scene. Restaurants typically specialize in one type of food.
11.01.07
- Keywords
- first taste,
- travel,
- asia,
- karen coates
travel + culture
Hot Spot: Dempsey Hill, Singapore
Dempsey Hill has come of age, again. By day, the chichi cluster of shops hosts expatriate wives. By night, Dempsey is overrun with the Singapore elite.
10.23.07
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- restaurants,
- asia,
- thailand,
- karen coates
food politics
Things Are Absolutely Fried
Asians have lived largely on vegetables, fish, and rice, but modern life is altering the Asian
diet and lifestyle.
10.04.07
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- health + science,
- asia,
- diet
travel + culture
Singapores Treasure Trove from the Past
No place takes the philosophy of “out with the old” more seriously than Singapore, where nothing is immune to the forces of change.
09.14.07
- Keywords
- singapore,
- marisa robertson-textor,
- shopping,
- asia
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Dirty Pigs
The Chinese were turning their noses up at our meat because of concerns about ractopamine, a feed additive widely given to American pigs.
09.04.07
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- asia,
- china,
- barry estabrook
food + cooking
Quite Simply, the World's Best Rice
08.23.07
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- asia,
- ingredients