Yucatan street food Introduced to us by our friends Gerardo and Liz, Cochinita Pibil is a Mexican dish and typical street food in the Yucatan. It is a heavily seasoned, marinated and slow roasted piece of pork (usually shoulder). The marinade is the key to a good cochinita and achiote paste is the key to […]
Is Tourism Destroying Minority Cultures?
After seeing another news story about a minority tribe being forced to perform for tourists, I wondered whether it was all true or whether it was media embellished. I wanted to ask this question to someone who had visited with minority tribes. That’s when I thought of Caz and Craig of y travel blog. They […]
Before the Titanic
Before the Titanic Ten years before the Titanic sank to its icy grave a bakery opened on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. photo credit nyer82 Feeding the neighbourhood Feeding the neighbourhood before the Yankees were a team and before subways were running. Celebrating its 11th anniversary the year Grand Central Terminal opened its doors. […]
Small Town Fun in Massarosa
Your night’s entertainment What do you do when you’ve been in a small town for a while, have seen all the sights, tried all the restaurants and think there’s nothing left to do? Find an interesting building with a spotlight and you’ve found your night’s entertainment. Massarosa After a month in Massarosa, we […]
A Cook Not Mad: The Prequel
The prequel It was one year ago today that we handed over the keys to our baby. But before I get to that let me give you a bit of background story (for those of you who don’t already know it). We moved to Vancouver from Ottawa via Manhattan. Our plan was to visit friends […]
Drinking Tea in North America’s Tea Capital
Victoria Tea Festival We aren’t tea connoisseurs by any means but we do enjoy a good cuppa once in a while and if you want to learn anything about tea, what better place than the Victoria Tea Festival in Canada’s tea capital, Victoria, British Columbia. North America’s largest public tea exhibition The Victoria Tea […]
On Oysters, A Dive Show And A Chance Meeting
Victoria Tea Festival It was raining and the fog was thick when we drove into Victoria. The Trans-Canada highway going right through the downtown core made the drive easy. Our first stop was the Visitor Centre to pick up our information package. Followed by checking into our hotel. The Gatsby Mansion is comprised of three houses and the main hotel. […]
Lifeventure Altai 60+15
Unusual post First and foremost we’re about food, so this is an unusual post for us. We’re not reviewers of any caliber but we love this product so much that we thought we should share the information (in future, you might see a few other posts similar to this one about products we think you […]
