Remembering my friend Alan
My friend Alan Wadey slipped away from us quietly, drawing his last breath in the middle of the night last week. His departure from our midst at 96 years […]
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Still no local cheese, but we’re learning new words
Key phrases we’ve learned and deployed thus far in the Meanderthals 2023 European Cheese Tour: “Ferme” (‘closed’, in France and Belgium, as in ‘all the cheese shops and manufacturers are […]
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Hearts and heads full of Dunkirk
The mournful sound of bagpipes drifted across the sandy beach, emanating from the other side of a tiny canal that separates the mainland from the shores of Dunkirk. On a […]
» Read moreMeanderthals hit the road on European Tour des Fromage
The Meanderthals are hitting the road again, this time with cheesy intent. Even the most astute food historian isn’t clear on when cheese was invented, but there’s a school of […]
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Creating the Lotus (or the evolution of a novel)
Writing a novel was never on my bucket list. In fact, it was something I didn’t want to consider. There were too many talented authors, too many wonderful stories, too […]
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A book in Nghiep’s memory
“There are millions and millions of cells in the body, and each has a purpose, a life and a value,” my friend Nghiep once told me. “Each contributes to our […]
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