A few weeks ago, I was in Seattle to celebrate my dad’s 70th birthday. That’s my mom and dad. The peak of the nasi tumpeng is sliced off first, in the same tradition as slicing into a bi...

Aloo gobi. Aloo gobi. Aloo gobi. Aloo gobi. No matter which syllable, or syllables, I place the inflection on I can’t help but crinkle my lips into a smile every time I utter the name of this p...