Food & Drink
’5-Hour Energy’ drink inventor revealed to be a Buddhist monk billionaire
- Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:38
- Eric Pfeiffer
"A Buddhist monk" would not be the first guess from most people when asked who invented the5-Hour Energy drink. But Forbes reporter Clare O'Conner discovered that's exactly who is behind the phenomenon that has a 90%-near monopoly of the energy shot market.
Korean Buddhist temple food to go global
- Wednesday, 08 February 2012 19:04
- Cho Chung-un
Buddhist group to open temple food restaurant in Paris next year.
A Korean Buddhist group will soon bring temple food to the world as a part of its effort to introduce the 1,700 years of Korean Buddhist culture abroad.
Tastes of enlightenment
- Tuesday, 07 February 2012 18:49
- Kirsty Manning-Wilcox
LUNCHTIME conversation with expat chef David Thompson is a hoot. We are eating on the deck at his Bangkok restaurant, Nahm. I'm working my way through fresh noodles with fermented catfish and yellow eggplant relish with a fair kick (nahm yaa boran), a rich chicken relish (nahm yaa gai), fresh herbs and a soft-boiled egg. Thompson is on a health campaign, so sticks to fresh tuna.
Green Tea Protects Against Functional Disability Linked To Aging
- Tuesday, 07 February 2012 16:38
- Christian Nordqvist
Regular green tea drinkers have a lower risk of developing functional disability, researchers from Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Functional disability refers to problems with daily chores and activities, such as bathing or dressing.
