Think fast: What holiday is celebrated on May 5th, also known as Cinco de Mayo? If you said “Mexican Independence Day”, you’re about 4 months off. (That’s recognized on September 16th.) The Cinco de Mayo holiday actually ties in to France. You see, in the mid-1800s Mexico had come out of a series of wars […]
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Local Flavor: Puget Sound Clam Bake
I love connecting with a place through its food. The food that generations have been making and passing on recipes for – that’s what I want to taste. (Sometimes, to my detriment – guinea pigs, for example, go back to the ancient Incas, so of course I had to sample them when a local family […]
Local Flavor: Lao Coffee
Luang Prabang, Laos is the kind of place the seeps under your skin, slows down your heart rate and tells you not to go. At least, that’s what happened to me and my partner; our first visit found us digging in and staying a spell, and return visits stretched over weeks and into months. Among […]