On flavour

Sep 21, 11 • Food • No Comments »
Though I speak no other language fluently, I feel gaps in English keenly, and probably the word I most often reach for and find absent is the one for the fifth flavour. Conventionally, Western thought and the English language recognise only four...

When White People Cook Asian Food

Sep 20, 11 • Food • 6 Comments »
About 10 years back I developed a policy that governed what I ordered while eating out. I’ve eased up on it somewhat, yet it has served me well and has a sound basis in experience. It is this: Don’t order Asian food in any restaurant unless...