I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.

I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses.

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement your sushi chef on the rice.

It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.

Southeast Asia has a real grip on me. From the very first time I went there, it was a fulfillment of my childhood fantasies of the way travel should be.

There are very sophisticated, very time-consuming dishes to prepare; always from scratch, and always in excess of what you could possibly need. You tend to kill your guests with kindness around here.