There’s a little lake in downtown Clermont that I always admire. Its name is Sunset Lake, but a more appropriate moniker would be Lake Lotus because this small splash of water nestled in a hollow ...

Locals eagerly anticipating this year’s Lotus World Music and Arts Festival can get an early “taste” of the annual festival — and of foods from various downtown restaurants — at Deer Park Manor this ...

A celebrity chef brings Thai-style floral food to Beijing, Li Yingxue reports. Sweet pork with pineapple. Blue-crab salad with Thai herbs and lotus. Deep-fried lotus roots and tom yum goong. These are ...

It is said that “weeds are in the eye of the beholder.” In most of our experience, weeds have a bad rep for wreaking havoc upon freshly landscaped spaces. Thus, it is no wonder they go unnoticed for ...

The sacred lotus flower is an aquatic perennial plant that typically blooms vibrant petals of pink and white shades. It is one of the most beautiful plants to look at, but the lotus flower thrives in ...

When she was a girl, Montana Honeylion’s mother regularly brewed a giant pot of herbal tea, consisting mainly of mint, to soothe sniffles and colds. “I resisted it as a child, but began to enjoy it as ...