Mélange #2: Sensualist is a beautiful and tongue-in-cheek journey through one's relationship with sustenance and alcohol. From the 5 senses of wine to anatomizing a hangover, Sandy's meditations on food and drink are both entertaining and enlightening in their exploration of what food means to us and how it connects us with each other.
Excerpt from 'tasting notes':
I asked him whether the weather would make a difference to our wine.
"Yes, of course," he replied. "Weather, soil quality, rainfall..."
"So, if there's a drought, or a war, or a volcano erupting in the Philippines - does that all affect the taste?"
A pause. He concluded: "That's what appreciating wine & food is about. Everything is connected, and what you get is like a snapshot of what's going on in the world." Then ate the last scoop of peanut butter.
Mélange # 2: Sensualist (Perth, Australia)
$2.00 / food/perzine / half-letter / 32 pages / 2009-2010
