Tom Nichols: I said I couldn't stand Indian food. Then a Twitter friend took me to dinner.
This is a story about the internet, the spontaneous generosity of thousands of people and the healing power of food. Or, the healing power of lamb.
This is a story about how the internet and social media can be a positive influence on even the most provincial and opinionated among us.
And by “us” I mean, mostly, “me,” but this is also a story about the spontaneous generosity of thousands of people. It is also a story about the healing power of food. But before this happy ending, it was a story about a man – again, I mean “me” – who managed to insult over a billion people.
It all started in 2019, when in response to an open invitation from a user on Twitter to post our most controversial food takes, I decided to bypass all the hatred for mayonnaise and other foods, and to fire off a zinger about the cuisine of an entire subcontinent. “Indian food,” I said, “is terrible and we pretend it isn’t.”