Food
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A Sintripetal Force…
In my younger and, lets say, more virile days, I began writing the first installment in a gay short story romance between a Filipino-American and a Turkish oil-wrestler. But as like so many things in life, that would-be masterpiece was left by the wayside. Something of that time lingered and was rekindled while mapping out Continue reading
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Siam I am…
My second greatest regret of our tour was the brevity of our visit to the province of Ayutthaya or Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya as it is officially known. The area was the former capital city of Siam (now known as Thailand) before the designation was moved further south to Bangkok. I was fascinated by the Continue reading
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Cutting a swathe…
Our tour guide reassured us that the rice rats we were about to sample were of the highest quality. These were not filthy city rats who ate leftover scraps in dark alleys but their country cousins who feasted only on the organic insects and snails that thrived in the lush rice paddies. Tour members would Continue reading
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The heat is on…
The French term terroir was originally used to describe the environmental factors that affected the outcome of wine grapes, whether it was the vintner’s farming practices, the composition of the soil, the climate, or a whole host of other determinants. The concept has spilled over into other fields (forgive the pun), most notably, the culinary. Continue reading
