Lemongrass uses
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Lemongrass Hope
And hope, is exactly that – something to hope for, believe in.
And this book, gives you all of that – in a very reflective way.
What if you had the opportunity to change your life? Be with that one love – that one person you were meant to be with – or fix the one relationship you are with?
Is time travel real?
Is this really what is happening?
This is what I love about the genre magical realism – it gives you a sense of “what ifs” and “is it possible?”
Yet, as the reader, even we aren’t sure which decision is the best one we want our main character Kate to make.
This book may be about relationships. But, is it romantic memory or reality that tugs at the heartstrings?
As readers, we follow her on her healing journey, and hope that she does what is right for her in the end.
The question is, will her decision be right for everyone else, as well? As well as herself.
But…the true question is… will we be satisfied at the end of this reading journey?
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Lemongrass and Sweet Basil
Khamtane Signavong
Khamtame Signavong grew up in Isan in northeastern Thailand, learning to cook from his grandfather and family who ran a store and bar serving snacks and meals. He moved to Sydney, Australia when he was 15, where he continued to cook. Kham now owns and runs the award-winning Arun Thai Restaurant and Crying Tiger Bar in Sydney. New Zealand-born photographer Ken Martin has worked all over the world, living in London, Amsterdam, Auckland, and Sydney. Equally at home in the advertising and editorial fields, his passion is for location work and photographing places, hotels and houses, restaurants, food, and wine… as well as black and white portraits of jazz musicians. Married to writer Alison Plummer, the couple often travel together to exciting locations to gather material for magazines, newspapers, books, and films. Alison Plummer is a Devon-born journalist, editor, and columnist. She specializes in travel, food, wine, and lifestyle writing and does some photography of her own for a wide range of publications.
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Lemongrass Plant as Potential Sources of Reinforcement for Biocomposites: A Preliminary Experimental Comparison Between Leaf and Culm Fibers
Tensile Test
Figure 3 shows the typical stress–strain curves of leaf and stem fibers obtained from the tensile characterization. As general consideration, it is possible to notice that both fibers evidence a brittle nature. Like other natural fibers, the stress-train curves of lemongrass fibers are characterized by an initial phase in which the behavior can be assumed as a linear and elastic. Afterward, a nonlinear phase with decreasing slope (i.e., stiffness) can be observed at increasing the strain, indicating that a softening of the fiber structure happens under the increased tensile load. Finally, both fibers show a sudden load drop in correspondence to their complete failure.
Typical stress–strain tensile curves of leaf and stem lemongrass fibers
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In terms of comparison, it is worth noting that the mechanical behavior of lemongrass fibers greatly changes as function of the part of the plant from which they hav