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The 10th century Banteay Srei , dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva , is distinctive among Angkor 's many temples because of the miniature ...

Back in November 2013, my husband and I spent five days in Siem Reap , Cambodia with a couple of friends. We got home to news of a large ty...

"Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The bam...

"Set wide the window. Let me drink the day." ~Edith Wharton, Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses Other than the enormous flo...

"There is one fundamental fact about lighting: Where there is no light, there is no beauty." ~Ruby Ross Wood (1881–1950), New ...

"Everything's better with bacon and red wine!" ~Dianne Harman, American author Though not the last about Earth Kitchen ...

"Life is a combination of magic and pasta." ~Federico Fellini (1920–1993), Italian filmmaker Being the ravioli fan girl tha...

"Pork fat rules!" ~Emeril Lagasse, American celebrity chef I did mention that Earth Kitchen is not a vegetarian restaurant,...

"If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second; having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable on...

"You have to taste a culture to understand it." ~Deborah Cater, British travel writer At the risk of seeming like a food bl...

"Why does no one speak of the cultural advantages of the country? For example, is a well groomed, ecologically kept, sustainably fert...

"In tough times, some of us see protecting the climate as a luxury, but that's an outdated 20th-century worldview from a time whe...

"One person's weed is another person's wildflower." ~Susan Wittig Albert, An Unthymely Death and Other Garden Mysterie...

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'." ...