I hate bees “I hate bees,” a fellow blogger said to me when I asked whether she would come with us to visit Miele Praconi, one of the biggest honey producers in Emilia-Romagna. I was stunned that someone could feel such a negative emotion towards an insect that is so beneficial to humans but I […]
The Taste For Speed
Lamborghini Anyone who knows me well knows that I have long had a love affair with cars. In fact, if money were no object I am sure my garage would be bigger than my house. How lucky for me then to be, not only in the land of great food but in the land of […]
Living Like A Local In Blogville
Emilia-Romagna As a chef, to travel to the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy is something special. Widely considered the culinary capital of Italy it is the birth place of world famous foods like Parmigiano cheese, prosciutto di Parma and balsamic vinegar to name just a few. Dishes like lasagna, tortellini in brodo or the quintessential tagliatelle […]
The Warm Sun Of Rome
The Beehive A cab, a shuttle, a ferry, two trains and a couple of flights eventually landed us in the warm sun of Rome. We reset our watches and quickly tried to forget that we had been up for 27 hours, riding the buzz of being back in Italy. A quick walk about the neighborhood […]
On The Road Again…
Between three and seven times Experts say that people change careers between three and seven times within their working life. As we get ready to go on the road again with our very first press trip, Tim, a career chef with over 15 years behind a stove and I, an office lifer, wonder whether this […]
A sneak peek at what’s ahead – TAGLIATELLE ALLA BOLOGNESE
No this isn’t a doomsday post, far from it. It’s a peek at what you can expect to read about this summer. Yep, we’re heading out again, back to Europe. At the end of May we’ll be taking part in BlogVille, a project by the Emilia-Romagna Tourism Board that lets bloggers “live like a local”. We’ll […]
A Mexican Dish From The Yucatán – COCHINITA PIBIL
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 […]