December 2010

Holidays around the world come with a particular smell: smell of rose water in the sweetshops of India around the Diwali, aroma of the roasted lamb for Kurban Bayram in Turkey, scent of the tangerines around New Year in Russia and notes of the warming spices in the gingerbread cookies made for Christmas in Europe and the US. Those smells evoke warm memories and anticipation of a festive tradition. Yet every tradition needs a little revolution now and then. It is just about the time to offer a no-gingerbread-cookies point of view on the coming Christmas.

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