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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Chiang Mai's secret is out: smoke. A dangerously thick blanket of smoke is smothering northern Thailand, sending thousands of people to the hospital.
05.30.07
- Keywords
- travel,
- asia,
- thailand,
- karen coates
travel + culture
The Word on the Street Food
India's Supreme Court banned hawkers from cooking food on the street. No doubt, street-hawkers will protest about how the government is taking away their livelihood.
05.21.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- asia,
- india,
- legislation,
- shoba narayan
travel + culture
Walk—Don't Walk—In Vietnam
A new phrase has cropped up in the local parlance of Vietnam: "The Hawaiian Shirt Patient,".
04.26.07
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- vietnam,
- asia
food + cooking
Dosa Do and Dosa Don’t
Dosas are commonly described as South Indian crepes, but the description doesn't do them justice.
04.10.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- asia,
- indian,
- restaurants,
- shoba narayan
food politics
Hot-and-Sour Steroids?
A Chinese doping expert warns that some Chinese foods are so loaded with steroids, athletes could test positive for drugs during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
03.28.07
- Keywords
- health + science,
- nutrition/Diet,
- asia,
- china,
- karen coates
travel + culture
Pepped Up and Ready to Ride
PEPY began with one idea, five fit females, five bikes, one
month, and 1,000 miles.
02.03.07
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- asia
travel + culture
The Right Side of Shangri-La
Unless you're in the know, you may book a room at the newly reopened Shangri-La Rasa Sayang, in Penang, without ever realizing how far the place has come.
01.15.07
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- hotels,
- asia
Stinking Delicious
If your nostrils are suddenly assailed by an unsavory stench while walking around Shanghai, chances are you are near a place serving chou
dou fu.
12.12.06
- Keywords
- fuchsia dunlop,
- culinary culture,
- shanghai,
- asia,
- vegetarian
food + cooking
In Search of the Glories of the East
The heavy spices of western Chinese cooking can conceal a multitude of sins: namely, raw ingredients that are themselves rather tasteless.
12.04.06
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- restaurants,
- chinese,
- asia,
- shanghai
food + cooking
The Land of Less Than Plenty
Every Thanksgiving, I think of Ya, in her flip-flops, sweeping up rotten fruit and dirty needles on the streets of Phnom Penh.
11.23.06
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- asia,
- karen coates
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