Today’s “Word of the Day” is tinker (with) and it is a verb meaning “try to improve/repair something, particularly by making small changes in a casual way; try to mend, adjust slightly, experiment with; work amateurishly/unskillfully on, fiddle with, play with”.
Example Sentence: India – and therefore its food culture – has changed significantly in the past 50 years as a result of globalisation and international influences. Indians have been tinkering with Maggi noodles in their kitchens and tucking into burgers in shopping malls for so long they’ve become part of the cuisine… I’m not saying all traditional dishes have disappeared, just pointing to the vast gulf between the India as fantasised in diaspora cookbooks and the reality…
This word is present in The Guardian article Why do Indian recipes always have to come from some mythic grandmother? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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