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June 6, 2022

…with golden handles, food served on dishes of gold, gold in the very mouth of the Visayan king: three fine “spots of gold” set into each tooth. To bring these…

November 15, 2022

…from being dog food. The graffiti sprawling the overpass says CRUELTY IS THE POINT. The babies agree. I am sick of towing my body around, showing it the strange world…

December 23, 2022

…edited Food Republic: A Singapore Literary Banquet (2020), the first definitive anthology of food writing from Singapore. He is putting together an anthology of Malaysia-Singapore writing, entitled The Second Link….

September 6, 2023

…platform amidst the screech of wheels, the plumes of exhaust. Already there is grit on his lips. He licks it off. His raffia bags carrying the tins of food, a…

February 7, 2024

…been fascinated by the ritual and preparation to honor the dead in Chinese culture. Twice a year, at Qing Ming and Chung Yeung festivals, my family prepares food and burns…

February 9, 2024

…whose eyes stare me down; Xiao Ayi’s sweet-sticky tangyuan; San Ayi’s perfectly round niangao. We pile food onto each other’s plates, laughing and eating late into the night until Didi…

June 22, 2012

…going without food or sleep in the weeks leading up to the exam (there have been stories of people using IVs for nutrition so they don’t have to stop cramming)….

July 13, 2012

food, one of the eight cuisines of the vast Chinese cookhouse. Ningbo cooking allows natural flavor to predominate and is characteristically salty and fragrant. Locals prize soft textured seafood dishes…

July 17, 2012

…a rosary all day when my kuya died of AIDS. All day for seven days, with lots of food, and lots of prayers, on your knees everyday. It’s what we…

October 8, 2012

…going to Patel Brothers—that was a very spontaneous decision. That’s an amazing second act to the film, and it really grounds something about the food and also our relationship to…