The passing moments of life, so many, only when we reflect do we see them for what they are. © 2014 C. Bertelsen
Tag: Thailand
Vestiges of European Colonialism
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I harbor a certain fascination for the colonial period of world history (1492 to 1961+), because the antics of the colonizers - mostly European - provide endless examples of how our world to this day still bears the scars of that tumultuous and turbulent time. Few regions of…
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A Case of Culinary Illiteracy
It wasn’t just the Thai language and its lacy script that rendered me illiterate. So also did the sheer variety of ingredients, the creatures – crawling, swimming, splayed, and grilled – and the vast range of vegetables and fruits on display in the Warorot market in Chiang Mai, Thailand. My adrenaline levels soared as if…
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Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 2
Continuing our Lenten foray through fish cookery in Asia ...
