5 articles tagged with cultural fusion
The moment I stepped into Lelydorp's central market, my senses were instantly transported back to my grandmother's kitchen in Yokohama. That familiar symphony of spices—ginger, galangal, and turmeric—dancing through the humid air. But here in Suriname's second-largest town, just 20...
Standing at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge, sweat trickling down my back in the tropical heat, I watched as hundreds of people flowed between Colombia and Venezuela. Some carried bags of groceries, others pushed wheelbarrows of merchandise, and many simply...
When my dear friend Elaine invited me to visit her hometown of Williston, North Dakota, I'll admit my first thought wasn't 'culinary adventure.' As someone who's savored pasta in Florence's hidden trattorias and hunted for spices in Caribbean markets, I...
As someone who's trekked through bustling Bangkok street markets and sampled Scotch in remote Highland distilleries, I never expected to find myself waxing poetic about North Dakota cuisine. Yet here I am, still thinking about the unexpected culinary gems I...
There's a certain *ma* (間) – that untranslatable Japanese concept of negative space – between Seattle's towering landmarks and what lies beneath its rain-washed surface. As someone who straddles cultural worlds professionally, I've found Seattle to be a kindred spirit:...