Tasting Status - A Diner's Tale
Shan MukundanOn food, power, and what we need to build to change both.
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Demystifying Wine: Part 2, The Vine, the Fruit and the Root
Why grape and why wine
More than eight thousand years ago, a remarkable thing happened that changed the course of a fruit and mankind, at least in a certain latitude to start with. A few wild vines bearing small berries, through a random s...
The Physics of Travel, Part 2
Header illustration by ChatGPT.
This is Part 2 of The Physics of Travel. Part 1 covered sunlight, dew point, sweat and the body.
Besides all the factors we discussed in Part 1, something systemic has been at play, one that has shap...
The Physics of Travel, Part 1
Illustration by ChatGPT.
It was September 12, 2026. I had just landed in London and went for a walk along the Thames in mid-afternoon after checking in to the hotel. It was special because I was catching up with long-lost friends from medi...
The Mechoui Alley: Conversations in the Medina
It was an unusually sweltering late September afternoon in Marrakech, with the temperature reading at 104 °F. I was headed to Mechoui Alley deep inside the maze of the medina. Of course, I needed a guide as I would have been lost after a fe...
Travels through food - Part 4 - Cocotte
We settled down in the town of Bruges. It might be a city by pure demographic definition but you do not perceive it. Its medieval Flemish architecture is charming. It gives you a vibe of an idyllic village with facades adorned by flower pot...
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An honest diner. I think out loud about the science beneath food and wine, the history documented to the same standard, and the power built on ignoring both. The democratic alternative to food elitism follows as a consequence.
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