This pot-of-gooey-goodness is known as molcajete. During the recent Blogger Meet-Up I attended in Mexico, I had this amazing dish served to me at Secrets Silversands‘ El Patio restaurant. At first I thought molcajete was the name for the thick, creamy Oaxacan cheese inside. Actually, the molcajete is the vessel itself. A molcajete is basically […]
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Local Flavor: Grom Gelato in Italy
The gelato shops lining the main pedestrian thoroughfares of Florence are akin to the bordello windows of Amsterdam’s red light district – bawdy, curvaceous mountains of ruddy chocolates and flushed berry hues, decorated like rococo bell towers with flirty berries and winking pansies. It’s enough to give you a visual toothache. These heathen heaps dazzled […]
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 […]