market

Chiang Mai

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February 10th 2007
The cooking course was really well done. We were picked up in a songthew truck with the others and taken to a local market where the instructor pointed out some things and picked up a few supplies not available on the farm. We had a few minutes to walk around and look; I found cassava pone!; one of my favourites from caribbean cuisine. We drove out to the small farm and had a tour of the garden - ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more