In today’s CD, our CD Ambassador, Fei-fei, shares one of her adventures in China. A Chinese-American, she never expected that an exciting, authentic experience in a teahouse would teach a valuable lesson for any culinary diplomat or world traveler: Don’t get too comfortable as an outsider; being a guest in someone else’s house doesn’t guarantee…
Category: Asia
The oddest ice cream I ever ate: The corn sundae
Ice cream. What could be more perfect on a sweltering day? When you’re traveling in foreign lands, you might get a reminder of how something that seems universal really means something different to other cultures. When I visited Thailand, several years ago, I had that realization when I encountered the corn sundae. ‘DipNote’: Before I continue, I’d…
The Culinary Diplomat 