A Whiff of Lemongrass

The internet has liberated a new kind of beast.  In the NST yesterday, it was reported that Ah Longs (loan sharks) used Facebook to humiliate their debtors.  Gone are the days of splashing red paint on the doors.  It does look like the more access you have to public media, be it Facebook or Twitter […]

I used to think that Pintxos was a proper noun. That was about the same time that I thought Madrid was a coastal city. However, within a week prior to departure, I had read so much literature on Spain that I suddenly felt like a walking Wikipedia. Notice nobody talks about encyclopedias these days? Remember […]

1. My Introduction To Norwegian Food Before I had the opportunity to visit Norway, my Norwegian friend, Gard, used to tease me about the food that they ate.  “We love to eat smalahove at Christmas,” he would say.  Sounds harmless enough, I’d think.  “It’s sheep’s head,” he’d add.  Fair enough, we eat chopped head here […]