A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
Celebrating wasn’t the correct word. After all, it was a disaster we were talking about. 1919 and twenty-one people lost their lives and more than 150 ended up in the hospital with injuries. But it wasn’t your typical disaster – no plane or train or automobile crashes, no tsunamis, earthquakes or volcanoes. No, it was… Read More Slow as Molasses
Our main reason for heading to Chiclayo had nothing to do with the beaches, nice as they were. We wanted to visit the archaeological sites for the Lord of Sipán, who was the ruler of the Moche culture in this area a whole lot o’ time ago – somewhere between 100-700AD. The site of his… Read More Lord of Sipán
Henry and I have very different modes of travel. At first glance, given our personalities, you’d think he’d be sort of the free spirit wanderer and I’d be the one who wants all the details nailed down. But vacations, perhaps, are the place where people want to be a bit different from their day to… Read More On the Road Again
Things I’ve been informed of or witness to this week living with Henry’s family…. Water may be the foundation of life, but who would want to drink it? Maybe if you flavor it with some burnt barley, or weeds from the roadside, or something you found in the market that you’re quite sure is a… Read More A Bite of the City of Eternal Spring
So hmm, what other stuff have I noticed here that’s different. Did I mention it’s clean? No dog poop on the sidewalks. There are street sweepers out early a.m. cleaning the sidewalks and streets, even on a Sunday morning. There are proper color-coded recycling bins every couple of blocks, and real trash cans to drop… Read More Day Two in Santiago
So, what about the food here. Well, let’s start with everything I was told… no, forewarned, about coming to Santiago… Chileans aren’t friendly. They’ll cheat you left and right. Santiago is dangerous. Be careful, if not paranoid, about everything. Chilean food is so bland it makes Porteño food look spicy. What decent food there is… Read More Santiago, at first bite
“December 25 is the birthday of the Roman Sun God, Sol Invictus. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means “the birthday of the unconquered Sun”. The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped collectively, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god, Sol, the god of Emperor Aurelian, and Mithras, a soldiers’ god… Read More ‘Tis the Season
“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.” – Paul Cezanne, artist Throw into the mix International Migrants Day, which gave me license to roam the globe for ideas, and the ancient Catholic antiphon O Radix, which I’m sure has far more to do with the roots of… Read More Migrant Roots