The New Gastronomes

I didn’t receive a word of confirmation, just a friendly and approving look and a piece of some arepas (a sweet, tortilla-like bread made of coconut milk and grated tubers). Lula then told me I needed to wait about 40 minutes, something I patiently did while watching the parsimonious preparation of the casabe.
First she took [...]

Finding  Lula’s place was the first challenge in my casabe quest. I drove for not too long, but through what seemed a labyrinth of misplaced streets, palm trees, fences, and brightly colored houses. It was hot and humid, as Puerto Rico usually is on a midsummer day, and Loiza Aldea, an African heritage community, was vibrant [...]

What is the relationship between an encyclopaedia and a DOP? An obscure question, you might think, but one relevant to the study and communication of food culture and food products. It is a question that has crept into my mind while writing an entry on Romanian food culture for a Food Cultures of the World [...]

 
The next installment in the new James Bond script
 “Okay, let’s go to the car,” said Bond. “We’ll continue the explanation in the car.” They started driving towards the aging hangar when suddenly a helicopter appeared and fired a missile at them. The missile missed the car by just a few centimeters, but the shock threw [...]

A pitch for a script for the new James Bond movie
Opening scene: Bond is at a dairy farm in the Parma area looking for a man known as GiorgioGrano Padano, an evil mastermind who is plotting to industrialize cheesemaking in the area, as well as to take over the world. Bond uncovers a clue that [...]