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		<title>Why Asian food tastes so different to Western Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gizmodo has a great article looking at why Asian food tastes so, well, Asian. The short version is that we in the West tend to pair our food flavours &#8211; Blue cheese shares 73 flavour compounds with chocolate. But Asian food works in the opposite way, Asian recipes seek out the contrast in flavours making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby using magazine like an iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Super-cute video of a baby flipping through a magazine and finding it frustrating that the pages swipe ok but the images don&#8217;t respond to finger gestures, nor can she scroll.

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		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/baby-using-magazine-like-an-ipad/</link>
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		<title>Why are Chillies Hot?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is science behind why chillies are hot and our new favourite youtube scientist, powerm1985, eats an incredibly hot scotch bonnett and while his mouth and brain melts he attempts to explain the science behind what is happening.
Before we get to the video here&#8217;s a brief explanation &#8211; basically the chilli molecule capsaicinoid is picked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/why-are-chillies-hot/</link>
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		<title>How language affects how we see colour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think we all see and perceive colours the same &#8211; after all, blue is blue right? This fascinating clip from a BBC documentary shows how language affects the way we understand colour.
Quite amazing:

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		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/how-language-affects-how-we-see-colour/</link>
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		<title>‪Dancing squid bowl dish in Hakodate‬‏</title>
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According the the notes, the squid is dead and the sodium in the soya sauce reacts with the nerves in the squid causing it to dance. Probably not something we&#8217;ll put on the Spirit House menu &#8211; it&#8217;s macabre and fascinating all at the same time.
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		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/%e2%80%aadancing-squid-bowl-dish-in-hakodate%e2%80%ac%e2%80%8f/</link>
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		<title>Know your tropical fruit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great video that explains the relationships, tastes and peeling tips for a wide variety of Asian tropical fruits:

Can&#8217;t wait to visit the Or Kor Tor market on our next tagalong food tour of Thailand to buy some.
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		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/know-your-tropical-fruit/</link>
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		<title>Heart-wrenching Thai Insurance Ads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grab the kleenex &#8211; here are two of my favourite Thai life insurance ads.

This one gets really philosophical &#8211; I love it:

Damn allergies  
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		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/heart-wrenching-thai-insurance-ads/</link>
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		<title>Best beer commercial &#8211; from Thailand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thai ads can be very clever &#8211; here&#8217;s a great series of ads for Cheers Beer:

I&#8217;m going to do some digging and try to find you how Thais do insurance ads &#8211; there won&#8217;t be a dry eye in the house.
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		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/best-beer-commercial-from-thailand/</link>
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		<title>The OCD Chef Cutting Board</title>
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The answer to the obsessive compulsive cook in your life.
Now when the recipe says &#8216; cut into 1cm cubes&#8217; or at 45 degree angles, this chopping board is the dream
kitchen gadget.
Interestingly, cutting things to a uniform size does actually mean the items will all cook uniformly and may actually make you a better chef.
Buy the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/the-ocd-chef-cutting-board/</link>
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		<title>The story behind the Spirit House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago 3AW featured Spirit House on a talkback segment about &#8216; magical places&#8217; &#8211; they were swamped with callers from Victoria who&#8217;d been here and raved about their experience. As a follow up, they contacted Helen for an interview to find out the history and inspiration behind the Spirit House &#8211; so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spirithouse.com.au/funstuff/the-story-behind-the-spirit-house/</link>
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