Sad to admit it but it’s been a few years since I’ve been to India. Working on the details for next fall’s North India Culinary Tour, however, did two things for me. First, it sparked a really strong desire for me to return. And second, it made me really crave the fantastic flavors of the Read More…
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Diane’s Market Kitchen ~ Seattle Culinary Tour
As part of our Seattle Culinary Tour, we had a cooking class/demonstration at Diane’s Market Kitchen. What a hoot! The class is about so much more than the food as Diane is one spunky lady with wonderful stories to tell and great life lessons to teach. (Take her class and you’ll see for yourself.) The Read More…
What I Learned on the Seattle Culinary Tour
I joke that having grown up with three brothers, running women-only tours is like being around a group of sisters I never had. And there’s always something fun to learn from them (like what a muffin top is and what Spanx are – seriously things I learned about recently from my tour peeps). On this Read More…
New Mexican Food (part I) ~ Photo of the Day
In some ways, I’m glad I don’t live in Santa Fe (as much as I love it) because New Mexican food is so rich. Surrounded with food like this, well, the results would not be good. Though you can’t tell, these are vegetarian enchiladas from the Church Street Cafe in Albuquerque. In good New Mexican Read More…
Food in Bhutan
Many people complain about the food in Bhutan saying it’s monotonous and boring. But I’ve always maintained that I never feel better than when I return from Bhutan. My face is glowing and I feel great. It likely has something to do with the altitude, but I know it’s also due to the fact that Read More…
Italian-style Thin Crust Pizza Recipe
Before I can give you the recipe for my now perfected pizza, I have to first give a nod to the folks at Walks of Italy. At the end of a half-day tour of Rome earlier this year, we took a pizza making class by a master pizza maker at his restaurant. You might already Read More…
Vegetarians: When all Else Fails in Spain, Eat Gelato
Friends warned me that it might be a little difficult to find vegetarian food in Spain. I heard them but I figured really, how hard COULD it be? Kinda hard, I discovered. I’m in Spain because I was invited to speak at TBEX (the travel bloggers conference). The conference was in Girona in Northeast Catalonia Read More…
Papua New Guinea Cuisine – Nothing to Write Home About
You don’t go to Papua New Guinea for the cuisine. That is at least if you’re looking for tourist-standard fare. For sure, there are some restaurants and hotels that serve good food – meaning appealing to tourists. But often those establishments have terrible service. It took us an hour and a half to get served Read More…
Eating Italy Food Tours in Rome
Given that I’m in Santa Fe at the moment with our Culinary Tour, and this week IS all about food, I thought it would be good to step back in time (not THAT long ago, just two months) and revisit Italy for a food tour there. When in Rome, I had a chance to join Read More…
Life’s Short… Dessert in Italy
Europeans have this amazing way of getting you hopped up on coffee and sugar – and nowhere is it more prevalent than in Italy where the coffee is fantastico and the sweets, well, don’t those cookies just make your teeth hurt looking at them? You can’t even imagine how delicious those little chocolate boats were. Read More…