What is a Lemon? For most English-speakers, the word conjures up images of an oblong, thin-skinned, sour, yellow fruit. Squeezed over salads, sliced into wheels, crucial to a lemonade. Ask for “limón” in Mexico however and you’ll be given the round, green fruit we often… Read More
“Time’s up” said the big white cursive letters on a royal blue background emblazoned with the misshapen meteor of the white Alba truffle. How subtle”. I figured they were referring to the fact that time to enjoy the annual festival for the White Truffle of… Read More
“Trust but verify”. It’s a phrase I heard working with sales teams in tech cos. though I didn’t realize until later that the proverb has Russian origins and proliferated during the Cold War. No surprise seeing as most Western sales teams I’ve encountered have a… Read More
It was undoubtedly a flex. Running down to the market just across the street, buying six oysters before the vishandel closed at 4 PM, speed-walking back to my apartment, and shucking them around 7 PM when I inevitably had to hop on a Zoom meeting… Read More
The logo on his shirt should have been a dead giveaway. Bright mustard. Partially covered by a vest but now stretched over his paunch as he set his plate down: “Don’t Tread on Me” in black script under a coiled rattlesnake that sat atop what… Read More
The Errant Diner 