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Hi everyone, This is a quick note to let you know that Google is going to do away with the email subscription part of FeedBurner in July. So if you have signed up to receive notifications of new posts on SheSimmers, you will no longer be getting…

Introducing THE EPESTLE

I had written and trashed a lot of drafts before I ended up with the introduction you’re reading now. At one point, I wanted to explain to you why I hadn’t updated the blog in nearly three years. But whatever I went through is trivial in light o…

A Simple Thai Dipping Sauce

Here’s a simple dipping sauce that I made the other day just as I’ve done hundreds of times in my life. It’s very easy to make; it doesn’t require special ingredients; it is extremely versatile. How versatile? Let me cou…

How to Prepare Pomelos for Thai Pomelo Salad

Pomelo Salad Bites, Page 46, Bangkok cookbook About seven years ago, I published on YouTube a video that showed how to prepare a pomelo. I took it down at one point, as I was planning on replacing it with one that is of better quality. Regardle…

Khao Chae (ข้าวแช่)

Songkran, Thai New Year, means different things to different people in Bangkok. To many, it’s the time to get out a plastic water gun along with a bucket of water and talcum powder, to wrap their cell phone in a plastic bag, and to take t…

Sample Recipes from Bangkok Cookbook

Photo © David Loftus I thought I’d alert your attention to the feature on Bangkok: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of Thailand which TASTE has put on their website; it contains two recipes from the book. I’ll link to the page in …

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