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Married to a chef: Q&A with Erica Knecht of That Wild Road
Photo credit: Yan Palmer Erica is an amazing photographer now living in Shanghai with her two beautiful children and chef husband. 1. Well, could you tell us a little about yourself? I’m a...
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Reading: The Mysterious Benedict Society
I haven’t been so glued to a book like The Mysterious Benedict Society since I can’t remember! Reviews compare Trenton Lee Stewart’s book to Harry Potter books and Charlie and the chocolate factory....
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Reading: Delirious Delhi
I love India, one of my first experiences with the craziness was landing in Delhi airport from Beijing six years ago and going home with someone else’s suitcase! More on those posts. A good friend of...
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Reading: Worst. Person. Ever by Douglas Coupland
I think I first discovered Douglas Coupland’s books in university when I was borrowing books from the National Library in Singapore really often. I’ve read quite a few of them and revisited his books...
View ArticleFood film: The Search for General Tso documentary
This would have made a great film for the food and culture anthropology class I teach at the hospitality school IFT Macao. Chef Peng, the guy who invented the dish passed away earlier this month, and...
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Reading: Curious History of Food and Drink
I teach an anthropology course to final year students at IFT the hospitality school in Macao and this book is a real gem full of anecdotal stories, more so than hard history facts which gives leeway...
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Reading: Joy on Demand
I really enjoyed his first book Search Inside Yourself and couldn’t wait to read Joy on Demand after reading the reviews. I found his second book a little less accessible than the first, there’s a lot...
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Five reasons why I deactivated Facebook
As much as I’d like to erase all of my digital footprint, my work unfortunately depends on it, and I dare say I’m pretty good at it. Need tips on how to be a featured user on Instagram – this might be...
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Reading: Wendy Holden’s Beautiful People
As you can probably tell by now, I am a complete Wendy Holden fan, going through all her books from the library. The characters are always brilliantly fleshed out with depth. There’s a great use of...
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Blogging: Advertorials for free food
So, I’ve been in a slightly awkward situation since I’ve been back in Singapore. I am starting to receive invitations for free meals via email and my social channels, and in return “to post on IG” or...
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Reading: The Untethered Soul
I’ve always believed that certain books have a time and place of coming into your lives. There are books I’ve read over a decade ago and really didn’t enjoy and then over 10 years later, pick it up and...
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Shop: Arete Culture Singapore
I’ve known Caroline since I was 18 way before she got into the home decor business. She just had immaculate taste in accessories, dressing up and then it extended to the home. I went with her to sales...
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Reading: Creating True Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
I’ve done a fair bit of soul searching, plenty of reading and working on self improvement. Thich Nhat Hanh is truly a peace guru. This is a very easy and digestible read and reaching deep to find our...
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Turning 36
I love how Google gives me the low-down on everything exciting and interesting that happened over the centuries on this date. It’s been a hard couple of months and I haven’t felt ready to write about...
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Reading: Dear Amy
I have fallen behind reading and most things, but have finally got round to pulling myself together. This book is a great thriller. Trauma, crime and amnesia all rolled into one twisted plot. Trauma...
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Reading: On the Noodle Road
When I last caught up with Jen in Beijing a couple of years ago, she mentioned she was researching a book on noodles and was planning a trip across the silk road to investigate the history and story...
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Reading: China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
This sequel to Crazy Rich Asians had a plot that moved a little slowly and I had to take intermittent breaks to finish it, dragging my feet to the other cover. I’ve lived in Beijing for five years...
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Finding Meaning in Social Media?
I don’t remember when I stopped caring about social media and the meaningless numbers for likes and followers. I’m still blogging as I used to since 17 years ago?! It took me a long time, but I finally...
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Reading: Breakfast with Buddha
I wasn’t sure what to expect with the book and picked it up out of curiosity because of it’s interesting title. It’s a hilarious light hearted read where an editor of a publishing house (for food...
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On Being Happy
Often times we lose track of life and the meaning of it because we’re so caught up with being busy. I also find that happiness is just a label for an emotion, but as humans we need to make sense of...
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