Writing

My insights about tourism, hospitality, agriculture and gastronomy

May 2026 3 min read
Gastronomy

Eating is an agricultural act

Wendell Berry, his essay The Pleasures of Eating, and what it really means 'to put a meal on the table'.

Dec 2025 2 min read
Agriculture

A letter to a young sommelier.

Advice I wish someone had given me when I was thirty. Mostly: be more curious, and less certain.

Jul 2025 2 min read
Agriculture

Carlin Petrini, in three quotes

A debt I have never properly repaid. What he taught me about taking food seriously without taking oneself seriously.