Chapter Two: The First Earthrise
All human suffering concerns every other human being.
— Václav Havel, New Year’s Address to the Nation, 1 January 1990
The photograph that changed how the human race understood itself was taken...
Elsewhere
In Search of Lost Attention
Part One — The View from Out Here
At that moment I seem somehow to understand the extraordinary saying that there shall be no more time.
— Prince Myshkin, in Fyodor Dostoevsky,...
Clos du Clocher
Established in 1924, when négociant Jean-Baptiste Audy purchased a small parcel of land on the Pomerol plateau, within sight of the bell tower of the Église Saint-Jean.
Subsequent purchases in 1931 and 1941...
Robert Mondavi 2019 Napa Valley Red Blend
A Vintner’s Vision, A Vintage Realized
“Wine to me is passion. It’s family and friends. It’s warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. Wine is art. It’s culture....
A New Chapter at The Garden
Yi Sang: Cantonese Heritage Meets Cambodian Soil
Under the soft lights of Yi Sang The Garden in Toul Kork, 170 distinguished guests gathered last Tuesday evening for the unveiling of...
Cambodia's Living Cuisine
Chef Luu Meng
There is a saying in Cambodia that the Khmer people were born of the Naga, the seven-headed serpent of legend who rose from the sea when the gods married a...
The Narrow Road to Phka Romduol
A Japanese brewer, a Cambodian grain, and the long road between them
The brewery sits behind an unmarked door in Boeung Tompun, on the southern edge of Phnom Penh, where...
CHAPTER SIX
Make It New
Ezra Pound and the Lost Generation
London, 1908 — The American Arrives
In February 1908, a twenty-two-year-old from Idaho arrived in Europe with light luggage, a manuscript of poems that had been rejected...
