It’s hard to fully explain how much I love food. An ex-girlfriend of mine had some idea when she accused me (I kid you not) of loving food more than her. Needless to say, she wasn’t too happy when I made no effort to deny the accusation, and we broke up a short time later. …
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Eating All the Things at the Tolma Festival in Dvin
There are few things which can make me so excited I get teary-eyed. Coming upon an epic view while hiking is one. Crushing a huge sale back in the day was another. But food? Food can get me just about every time. So when I saw a meetup on Couchsurfing to go to the Tolma …
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Living in the Woods of Espiral de Luz
This year, I’m going to be featuring some guest writers on my blog, other travel writers whose work has inspired me. Each person will be writing a post about the following question: What’s an experience you’ve had on the road which has changed your life?” The goal is to gather some intriguing tales involving the power …
Camel Safari in the Thar Desert
If you don’t die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil …
The Heaping Plate Before Me: Siam Rice Thai Cookery
The first time I went to the Siam Rice Thai Cookery, I experienced the single greatest day of over-indulgence of my life. For my second visit, I expected more of the same, and I wasn’t disappointed. As friends and family might attest, I have two remarkably hollow legs in which I can store large quantities of …
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Five Things You Must Eat in Jeonju
Jeonju is famous throughout Korea as one of the centers of Korean culture and is without question the epicenter of Korea’s vibrant culinary scene. Name a Korean dish, and chances are that your Korean friends will inform you that Jeonju has the best variety of it in the country. So, with my time in Korea …
Gluttony and Bliss: A Day at Siam Rice Thai Cookery School
When Sandy and I made our way up the railways of Thailand to the city of Chiang Mai, we each had a certain ‘must do’ experience in mind. For Sandy, it was the Elephant Nature Park we went to on Thursday. For me, it was taking a cooking class at the Siam Rice Thai Cookery …
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