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Cutting straight to the chase here, as the last thing I want to be is someone who postpones another’s latkes. If you grew up in a Jewish...
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Alexx
- Oct 2, 2018
- 3 min
Power in Origin (Cacio e Pepe)
I was racking my brain for the word “Corinthian” and picking images out from the Pantheon’s Rorschach marble when Paulo struck up...
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Alexx
- Sep 22, 2018
- 3 min
Ratatouille is Tian (Tian)
I re-watched the end of Ratatouille last night, the movie that so wonderfully inspired so many to recreate a Thomas-Keller-cum-Remy-the-R...
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Alexx
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Places Are Not Foreign, You Are (Ratatouille)
Places are not foreign, you are. You always will be. The imprint of your individual presence on a faraway land, no matter how hard you...
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Alexx
- Sep 4, 2018
- 5 min
Awe, Altitude & Abrupt Ascent (Raclette)
"I'm living in the French countryside." I have no illusions about how romantic that sounds, how romantic that is. But a house this old,...
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Alexx
- Aug 30, 2018
- 5 min
Monologue & Dialogue (Socca)
When sharing my plans to come to France, the reaction was surprisingly formulaic. I'd be met with a rush of excitement, a pause, and then...
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