Skip Navigation
Jarrett Wrisley

Jarrett Wrisley - Jarrett Wrisley hails from Allentown, Pennsylvania. For the past seven years, he's been working as a writer in Asia, though he still dreams of greasy cheese steaks. More

Jarrett Wrisley hails from Allentown, Pennsylvania. For the past seven years, he's been working as a writer in Asia, though he still dreams of (and occasionally returns for) greasy cheese steaks. Jarrett's first trip to Asia came as a college student, when he traveled to Beijing to study Mandarin Chinese. He returned to China after graduation, and began writing about Chinese food in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. After a six-month stint in Chengdu, he moved on to Shanghai, where he worked as a food critic and magazine editor for four years before striking out on his own. After six years in China, he recently moved to Bangkok, where yellow-clad protesters immediately shut down the airport where he had just landed. Luckily for him, he couldn't leave—and now intends to stay. Jarrett is presently working on a series of modern Chinese cookbooks with Hong Kong chef Jereme Leung and writing features that focus on food and culture in Asia. He'll be bouncing around the region as much as possible and writing about things he encounters along the way. His blog trains an eye on food but addresses other cultural phenomena, tidbits of travel, and the oddball politics of East Asia.
« Previous Health | Next Health » Email Email Print Print

Where Food Drives Out Politics

By Jarrett Wrisley

Nov 24 2009, 6:45 AM ET Comment



slideshow_10.jpg

Photo by Jarrett Wrisley


Our dinner, purchased at my newly discovered market.
Jarrett Wrisley discovers a market
Where Food Drives Out Politics
after a tumultuous year in Thailand

<<PREVIOUS10 OF 10
Presented by

More at The Atlantic

Oops! Now You Can Track the Tweets Politicians Tried to Delete Now You Can Track the Tweets Politicians Tried to Delete
Study of the Day: A Diet Loaded With sugar Makes Rats Dumber Study: Sugary Diets
May Dumb You Down
This Photo Uses Every Single Instagram Filter How to Go From Kinkade to Rothko in 18 Easy Steps
Hey Voters: The Kill List Is What Matters Hey Voters: President Obama's Kill List Is What Matters
The Resurrection of Stephanie Cutter Stephanie Cutter's Comeback

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus

Correspondents

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

The Unreal World

May 31, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)