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...Fusion has become a bad word in Singapore," says food-and-beverage consultant Peter Knipp, whose company organizes the city-state's annual World Gourmet Summit. "People use it as an excuse to mix ridiculous ingredients, charge double the prices and upset a lot of people...
...wasn't always this way. Singapore was in the avant-garde of the fusion trend of the early '90s. Knipp, who has lived here for 26 years, can remember a time when every high-end restaurant jumped on the fusion bandwagon, mixing caviar with cumin and foie gras with fennel. Some combinations were daring?such as naturally sweet cod fish and salty miso?but most were mediocre at best. "A lot of chefs don't know how to use Asian ingredients," says Stroobant...
...York and Boston. Running a spectrum from “Amos and Andy” to Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled,” the black faced performer is a mime that may reflect social irony as well as racism. I believe that Knipp is an interesting character, and his act is tinged with a little of both, as is modern society. Overall, his homage to the black urban woman is one of comic respect. The protests seems heavy handed and somewhat mean-spirited, and I am sure that this performer would be willing to enter...
...went on to say that if the club were to allow Knipp to perform it would effectively be sanctioning racist sentiment...
Following the demonstration, Knipp posted dates for engagements in Boston, Toronto and Pittsburgh on his website, prompting activists in New York to contact similar groups in these areas...