All:
Interesting article on food writing and assumptions about one's audience's ethnicity:
http://baniamor.com/2014/09/16/honey-fo ... -thy-tran/However, the real gem of the interview follows:
Quote:
Thy Tran: I used to joke that Saveur magazine had three basic narratives for their features:
1) Back in college, I visited this completely alien country and fell in love with it immediately. I wandered the alleyways and discovered amazing places with real people serving real food. I revisit as often as I can, and I now consider it a second home. Here’s a great recipe for paella.
2) When we fled the war, the only thing we took were the clothes on our backs and our grandmother’s recipe book. Now, join me as I return to my homeland and learn how to make dumplings while reconciling with past devastation and modern development. [Insert requisite description of boy using cell phone while riding a water buffalo.]
3) When I was little, our nanny/cook/farm hand would let me sit on a stool in the kitchen and she’d sing while grinding corn. Here is her recipe for tamales.
Is that not every feature Saveur article, ever?