The Marco to my Polo
“How very odd that one bends one’s own twig and it stays bent. Who could have foreseen the permanent effect of childhood journeys on streetcars? No other manner of living would have interested me so much and so long and I will surely go on until I drop trying to see more of the world and […]
The matchbox maharagwe thief
“If I could choose one dish to eat every day, it would be maharagwe.” “As a child, I used to sneak up to the boiling pot with an empty matchbox, choosing this over a spoon because I could fit more maharagwe into a matchbox!” Idi tells us with the biggest “tabasam” (smile in Swahili) you […]
All that is good comes wrapped in Pasta
“Nonna, hai fatto i cappelletti?” I whispered 23 years ago as I urgently gestured for my grandmother to come join me down the narrow hallway towards her bedroom so that the critical presence of cappelletti on the lunch menu could be confirmed. Growing up in Hong Kong and travelling to Italy every summer to visit […]
