Staying connected (with) food taunts

Hi Everyone,

It’s cruel, unfair and sheer torture. What is? The calling, texting, tweeting, Facebook-ing and instant messaging that many of us are involved in as we tease and taunt our family and friends living overseas with the food of home. We are constantly showing off what we are cooking, making and eating.

Don’t think for one moment that it is only the people living very far away that suffer the most, those of us living right here in the region are subjected to the same degree of teasing. What makes it even worse for many of us in the region is that we are so close and yet so far. Sure it is only a 1 or 2-hour plane ride away but due to the high cost of intra-regional travel, jumping on a plane for a weekend to get a home-food-fix is often out of the question.

The food teasing and taunts come in waves and different dimensions. Weekends, holidays and festivals are the worst. During the week we are so