(Image Credit: Greystone Books) Whether it be prowling the streets of Mexico City in search of ahuautle, a delicacy made from the eggs of a tiny water strider, and supposed to be an Aztec royal fare, or traipsing the isolated stretches of Ossabaw off the coast of Georgia hunting down one of the finest pork … Continue reading The Lost Supper: Searching For The Future of Food In The Flavours of The Past – Taras Grescoe

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) When still a boy, Cixin Liu sneaked away on a sweltering day from the gaze and gossip of the adults, to read Jules Verne’s classic: Journey to the Centre of The Earth. The boy’s rapturous reading was abruptly interrupted when his father unbeknownst to him crept up and snatched the book from … Continue reading A View From The Stars – Cixin Liu

(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) Little Avani, overcome with an insatiable desire to explore her mother's dazzling array of saris, pulls all of them from the cupboard and spreads them on the floor in a tangled heap. When her mother peeps inside the room, Avani's heart skips a beat. Would she get punished for her transgression? Would … Continue reading Once Upon a Sari

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) The full-frontal assault of climate change is being felt in the United States in the 2050s. Even though formidable damage mitigation plans are in place, the wrath of nature is felt throughout the country and displacing populace in the thousands. Nineteen-year-old Brooks Palazzo is intent on doing his best bit to make … Continue reading The Lost Cause – Cory Doctorow