Self-help and those stupid proverbs, they do nothing. Soul food? It’s like trying to cure starvation with a sugar cube. It might taste sweet on the lips but once it dissolves, the emptiness is still...

… food is not simply organic fuel to keep body and soul together, it is a perishable art that must be savoured at the peak of perfection.

And her dumplings were so light they would float in the air and you’d have to catch ’em to eat ’em.