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Glai Baan chef/owner Pornsupak “Cat” Bunnag’s solo summer 2022 trip to her native Thailand felt different than her usual yearly visits. For one, her life and business partner, Dan Robinson, stayed home due to other commitments. For another, it was her first homecoming since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The purpose was to visit my family and friends and go explore and try new restaurants, bars and the food scene in general,” Bunnag says....

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Reports of COVID-19 in Asia were increasing when Jennifer Adler boarded the plane to Thailand this winter. “I almost canceled the trip three times,” she says. “I was checking the number of cases in Thailand every single day.” In the end, it all worked out. Adler spent her last few pre-quarantine weeks on beaches that looked like they were peeled off magazine covers. “It ended up being the most magical experience,” she says. From snorkeling...