Many major cities across the globe have bodies of water running through them. The Nile runs northward through Cairo in Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. In Europe, the Danube river cuts through four capital cities: Vienna Austria, Budapest Hungary, Belgrade Serbia, and Bratislava Slovakia. In the East, the river of myth and legend,…
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All that glitters…
Refreshed after a long night of sleep, we headed down to the hotel’s complimentary breakfast buffet as soon as it opened. Our game plan for the morning was a 15-minute walk south to visit Wat Pathum Wanaram Rachaworawihan before the day’s festivities. From our previous research, the temple should have held nothing of real interest…
The heat is on…
The French term terroir was originally used to describe the environmental factors that affected the outcome of wine grapes, whether it was the vintner’s farming practices, the composition of the soil, the climate, or a whole host of other determinants. The concept has spilled over into other fields (forgive the pun), most notably, the culinary….