Tag: Chefs
A Penis Story
In researching my latest book on Cambodian Street Food, I have headed out on numerous expeditions to visit food stalls, roadside restaurants and pavement...
Soba Thoughts
I could be sitting in one of those little hole-in-the-wall noodle bars in the subterranean arteries of the Tokyo Metro subway, instead I am...
Truffle Hog
"Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas"
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), preface to ‘The Physiology of Taste’ (1825)
Truffles, those incredible...
The Tiger’s Tale and the Psychophysics of Taste
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
― Pablo Picasso
Prologue:
Having eaten an incredible...
French Cheese Diplomacy
It was fifty years ago last month that French President, General and Statesman Charles de Gaulle made his famous speech at Olympic Stadium in...
Spaghetti Eastern
It has long been accepted history that Venetian trader Marco Polo brought noodles from the Silk Route to Italy and thus introduced Italians to...
The El Carnicero of Phnom Penh
The country of Uruguay in South America sits on the northern bank of the River Plate, there are four cows, (12 million) to every...
Piec ‘n’ Pie
What is a Polish girl with a Master’s Degree in International Economics to do other than head to Cambodia and buy an Australian pie...
Occitanian Masterpiece
An Englishman, A Belgian and an Aussie walk into a French Bistro…
Anyone who has read the works of Peter Mayle or admired the aching...
The Art of Imperfection
Mike Wong at Kanji restaurant has been a chef of Japanese cuisine for over twenty five years, learning the many disciplines of Japanese cooking...