The Mandela Burger

“What about, God forbid, a Mandela Burger?   As his legend has grown ever larger, Mandela has been faced with all of these situations. (The Mandela Burger — 200 grams…

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The spread of British food

Here are some products I bought in Hawaii’s Chinatown some years ago (and wrote about in The Food of Paradise. Left to right back row: Quaker Oats (in a can…

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Cuisines for expatriates

While we’re talking about different ways of classifying cuisines, it’s always worth remembering that expatriates will go to great lengths to get some facsimile of the cuisine of home.  I…

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