Skip to main content

Posts

Featured

Why Do We Eat With Our Bare Hands?

I spent the summer of 2023 in Europe, France specifically, as I studied all things food, wine and gastronomy at Le Cordon Bleu Paris. To complete my diploma in Advanced Studies in Gastronomy from the University of Reims in the Champagne district, I was asked to work on a mémoire or a thesis on a topic of my choice.  As I sat through the lessons, learning from some of the most celebrated minds in the world of food, one thing kept nagging me. How there were 7 nationalities from 4 continents represented in that classroom, yet all references would come back to France, Italy, and perhaps a little bit of Japan and Russia. It's as if the rest of the world did not exist.  For my thesis topic, I chose to write about Ways of Eating . Specifically, eating with your fingers , or hands, as we colloquially call it. And as I delved into its various aspects, speaking to neuroscientists, researchers, chefs, Ayurvedic doctors and anthropologists from across the world, I found myself fascinated at ev

Latest Posts

Fermentation Finds Culinary Expression in Phuket (Elite Havens Magazine)

Blue Mountains of India (Expat Living)

Alternative Green Guide (Korean Air)

Restaurant Review: Khiri (Expat Choice)

Cover Story for JW Marriott Magazine - Phu Quoc (Vietnam)

Singapore's Green Plans (Conde Nast Traveler)

Ritz Carlton Langkawi (Expat Choice)

Cover story for The CEO Magazine: Asia's Richest Self-Made Businesswomen

Delhi's Food As Seen With a Historical Lens (Wine & Dine Magazine)

Fugu - The fish more poisonous than cyanide (Elite Havens Magazine)