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Thai food, unlike Japanese, isn’t really known for fantastic presentation. Sure the ingredients alone often provide a lot of color and contrast, but usually it consists of a mound of rice, some spicy meat and if you’re ordering special maybe a fried egg.
Being someone who loves to have things look good though I pride myself [...]

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Carving fruits and vegetables is distinctly Thai. It has been a part of our culinary culture for centuries and it’s something that I love to do. The food doesn’t even have to taste that good, but when it is presented with a bit of art, people immediately applaud.
A great site to learn more about fruit [...]

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Ok. Time for some more fun with food carving. This time I’d like to walk through the individual steps for carving a pineapple.
Pineapples are already one of the most beautiful fruits out there. With their crazy skins and rich deep yellow centers, there is nothing like a pineapple. But carving pineapples can not only help to [...]

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