"Talk, Eat, and See the World" is a collection of autobiographical short-stories and personalized cooking recipes. It does not pretend to be great literature, or fine gastronomy. Rather it is more like the fireside chat between friends, and the exchange of experiences in the kitchen among foodies. In these times under the rule of the Corona virus, our private spaces became deserted, and our social world became stripped to the bone. We need to re-invent the private sphere, and experiment with an open-door environment, if only virtually. Our current online events and meetings catapult us directly into the living rooms of the others, celebrities included. And this book invites the reader to be entertained at the author's fireside, and to be inspired in his kitchen. Hopefully the reader returns to his or her world with a smile and some new food for thought.

Matthias Kaiser: Matthias Kaiser was born in Leipzig, East-Germany, in 1951, grew up later in West-Germany, and lives now in Bergen, Norway. He works at the University of Bergen as professor of philosophy of science, and his interdisciplinary research has brought him to many places around the world. He is divorced since 2011, and has three adult daughters, and one grandson. Apart from talking and cooking, he likes to play the electric blues bass guitar. His description of himself is: A refugee and immigrant, rather chaotic and all about ambiguity and uncertainty, in life and work, and otherwise a hardcore liberal European to the bone.