Food

Planting New Vines

There is no rest for the strong here! Once we completed pruning the vines, we moved straight onto digging up…

11 years ago

Winter in Italia

Brr. It is flat out cold here these days. Ironically enough, it seemed warmer in the Himalayas than it has…

11 years ago

Homemade Tibetan Food – Momos and Thupka

First off - you won't really learn how to make Tibetan Momos from this blog. This is just about my…

11 years ago

Review: Mama’s Kitchen

Traveling through Asia has made me a little homesick for my mom's food, and when I saw a small curtained…

11 years ago

Naan Alley

Almost needless to say, Tina and I did not enjoy our time in Delhi. It's louder, dirtier, crazier, and sketchier…

11 years ago

An Indian Homestay Experience

You know that scene in Cinderella when goes to wake her stepsisters and they have the vaulted ceiling rooms and she has…

11 years ago

Chiang Mai Sunday Market – Mr. Kai’s Restaurant

When Nathan and I ended up at a new hotel called La Bateau Ivre (good deal 350-500 baht rooms, recommended if…

11 years ago

Ing Doi Farmers Market

Waiting around all week to help Mink at the local farmers market wasn't so terrible considering how much I loved…

11 years ago

Siam Thai Cookery School

I've had my fair share of full day feasts. I started practicing how to survive these events while growing up…

11 years ago

A One Stop Shop

As Nathan and I made our way to Chiang Mai we made some quick one night stops. The first was…

11 years ago

Train Travelin’

I have always been a big fan of trains. There is something about riding the train that makes you feel…

11 years ago

Tailing Chan Floating Market

Nathan and I wanted to check out a floating market, however we didn't really want to make a whole day…

11 years ago

Khlong Toei Market

We stumbled upon this market our first night in Bangkok. It is quite possibly the most massive market I have…

11 years ago

Reunited and it feels so good! – Minus the Pickled Egg

Once again, I spent an evening realizing how incredibly lucky I am to have met some amazing people during my…

11 years ago

Cauliflower Pasta with Arugula

If you don't like cauliflower, I strongly suggest you give this dish a chance. Personally, I'm not a big cauliflower…

11 years ago

Burrata Stuffed Dates Wrapped in Prosciutto with Homemade Balsamic Glaze

Before Italy, Mozzarella was my favorite cheese. Silly American, I just didn't know any better. What I discovered during my…

11 years ago

Review: Maiale Volante…(The Flying Pig)

I haven't been quite up on my restaurant reviews in Italy since I've been so fortunate to be able to…

12 years ago

Valeria’s Wine Bread in 5 easy steps

For lack of a better description, we’ve dubbed Valeria’s recent breads as “Wine Bread”. We call it wine bread because…

12 years ago

Creating “mother yeast” (natural yeast) for baking

Did you know you can bake bread without commercial yeasts? You can cultivate your very own yeast at home, and…

12 years ago

Corrado’s Carbonara – AKA Real Italian Carbonara

Next to lasagna, one of the many Italian dishes I came to discover in my teenage years was Carbonara. However,…

12 years ago

Sagra Dell’uva Round 2

Experiencing my second wine festival was for lack of better words: great. Having Jordan around gave me a chance to…

12 years ago

La Verticale di Gli Eremi (2000-2010) – Tasting 11 Years of Vintage

  This was such a magical afternoon. What a priviledge it was to be a part of Corrado's verticale tasting…

12 years ago

Vendemmia 2012

This year's harvest was much different than last year's. With a hot summer, we began the harvest much earlier this…

12 years ago

The Birth of New Vineyard: Ca’Liptra Azienda Agricola

Giovanni has come a long way since I met him a year ago. While he is the most dedicated and…

12 years ago

Traditional English Food by Tim

Pork Scratchings and beer I felt like a disaster my first night in London. I didn't stand on the right…

12 years ago