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Eliminating the Problem
Toilets are a big issue in Asian travel. I’ve taken to rating them.
11.22.06
- Keywords
- travel,
- asia,
- karen coates
food politics
Crossing the Border—Into Thailand
What’s in that bowl of Thai shrimp curry? The sweat and sorrow of migrants.
11.21.06
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- aquaculture,
- asia,
- thailand,
- karen coates
travel + culture
What a Dumpling
There is discussionon egullet about where one can find the best xiao long bao, or Shanghai soup dumplings.
11.06.06
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- asia,
- shanghai,
- taipei,
- fuchsia dunlop
food politics
To Eat or Not to Eat—Everything
Over more than a decade in China, I have eaten insects, rabbit heads, and dog meat. But these days I'm clouded by ethical and environmental issues.
10.30.06
- Keywords
- sustainability,
- seafood,
- asia,
- chinese,
- fuchsia dunlop
food politics
And the Award for Best King Goes to…
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has won the Norman E. Borlaug Medallion for making major contributions to nutrition and sustainable agriculture.
10.27.06
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- environment,
- asia,
- thailand,
- karen coates
travel + culture
Hot Time in Thailand
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival’s a frenetic blend of clean living and self-flagellation: fire walking, body piercing and public baths in hot oil.
10.23.06
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- asia,
- thailand,
- vegetarian,
- karen coates
magazine
Street Food: Istanbul
Great food abounds on the streets of this culture-bridging city. Hunting for the perfect trash kebab, John Willoughby tries it all.
May 2005
- Keywords
- john willoughby,
- travel,
- asia,
- kebab,
- middle east
magazine
Getting Sauced
The beaches are spectacular, the water pristine, and the climate ideal. But the real attraction of Vietnam’s largest island comes from wooden vats ranged inside anonymous buildings.
April 2004
- Keywords
- asia,
- travel,
- hotels,
- restaurants,
- john willoughby
magazine
A Spirited Garden
In Massachusetts, reports Dan Hofstadter, Cambodian farmers are growing food to build the community they're in—and to rebuild the one they were forced to leave behind.
September 2002
- Keywords
- dan hofstadter,
- asia,
- culinary culture
magazine
Back on the Map
Things have loosened up in Myanmar, the beautiful country run by an ugly regime. Is it time to end the tourism boycott?
August 2002
- Keywords
- alan brown,
- asia,
- culinary culture,
- ingredients
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