“Can we please eat something normal tonight?!” It’s the kind of question I’ve heard countless times while traveling internationally with people. But this time, the question was coming from my four-year-old daughter! Our family was living in Singapore, and though Western food is readily available there, my wife and I love the local food. Looking straight into my daughter’s brilliant blue eyes, I quickly retorted, “Emily. You want something normal? You can’t get much more normal than rice. Do you know
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