Yes, Korean-Italian Fusion is a thing. At least, when it comes to pasta. Korea is just like Japan and China a country with an old noodle tradition, older than the Italian use of pasta. It's a tradition of long noodles. This might explain, why Korean supermarkets only offer spaghetti from Italy. And most of the [...]
With the cold season approaching, you might think it's too late for a post on white wine. Well, it's not. Believe me, if you make it to Constance in autumn, some warm and sunny afternoons will wait for you. So, there is still time for a chilled Riesling: Germany's most famous wine. And the ones [...]
After spending nearly a year by the Lake Constance I haven't done half of what I had planned to do. Instead of enjoying the art scene in Basel and Zurich, go skiing or travel to France, I did talks, seminars and wrote applications that would be declined. Side note: Academic career sucks hard. So, let [...]
The old town of Constance is full of old school wine places. You'll find a somewhat mixed crowd with tendency to silver hair drinking local wines from the early afternoon on. It gives the town a flair, that is best described with the unique German word gemuetlich (cozy, but that's not really it). Though I [...]
A word on one of the most beautiful book I've ever read. And it's not even about food. It's called The Pillow Book. It is written by Sei Shōnagon (966-1025), a Japanese female writer and court lady. Her musings on love, art and beauty have been the inspiration for this blog. A pillow book is [...]
Find my new open acces article on fashion and technology in the latest issue of Popular Inquiry. Fashion and Technology My working hypothesis is that the fields of fashion and wearables are most advanced when it comes to developing devices that are integrated in everyday objects. Designers are pioneers with regard to ubiquitous computing and [...]
