I’m doing better than I thought here in my Shanghai kitchen. Before leaving I had no idea what tools I would find, ingredients, if I wanted and could mess up. But after some initial defaillance I am more or less organized. And when I’m not at home because of travel, returning home or for bureaucratic...
I wonder if at some point you get used to life as an expat, jumping often between two Countries. Every time I come back to China after a period in Italy, it seems strange to find oriental ingredients and flavors familiar, to see that I’ve missed them. Wanting tofu bamboo, taro, dan dan mian, lotus...
I’m back here, finally at home in Shanghai after a new journey to discover China. A few days off and then a brief return to Italy, where as usual I will play with joints: two marriages, a move, family, friends … But now break. In my kitchen, with my favorite cup, thinking about what to...
