A Game of Rhônes – Act Two: The Razor's Edge
Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate.
Plurality must never be posited without necessity.
—William of Ockham
The Venerable Beginner
On the evening of 8 October, seventeen of us sat...
A Cinnamon Life
Sri Lanka is cinnamon: the birthplace of this spice, and its natural producer in its finest form, taste, and scent. Cinnamon permeates all life in Sri Lanka — the island produces over...
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...
A Miracle in Kagoshima
Satsuma Gyu: The Quiet Empire at the Edge of Japan
At the southern end of Kyushu, where the old provinces of Satsuma once looked out across the East China Sea, the...
Rubia Gallega: The Slow Beef of the Atlantic Coast
In the green, rain-washed hills of Galicia — where the Atlantic rolls against a coast of granite and pine, and the weather seems always to be...
Lo Bak Go: The Golden Cake That Crossed the Sea
Chinese Fried Radish Cake (蘿蔔糕)
Few dishes tell a story quite as quietly, or as completely, as lo bak go. To look at it on the...
The Alchemy of Steam: The Story of Xiao Long Bao (小笼包)
You never forget your first taste of the little pleated dumpling filled with soup and pork, known as xiaolongbao. This is ostensibly because it...
