Category: Travel & Eating Out

  • What I’m doing in my 9 to 5 is Project 529

    What I’m doing in my 9 to 5 is Project 529

    Well folks, it’s been so long since I’ve posted here that: A. My not-so-new laptop didn’t have my blog editor installed. B. It took quite a few times for me…

  • A Trip to Thailand, Part 3

    A Trip to Thailand, Part 3

    [This is part 3 of our Thailand trip. You can read part one here and part two here] After biking for 5 days, Cam and I headed out on a…

  • A Trip to Thailand, Part 2

    A Trip to Thailand, Part 2

    [go to A Trip to Thailand, Part 1] After Bangkok, we spent 4 days riding down the coast on bike with Grasshopper Adventures. I can’t say enough great about seeing…

  • A Trip to Thailand, Part 1

    A Trip to Thailand, Part 1

    Early in September, Cam and I went to Thailand to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary. 10 years! Thailand! When I posted that we were heading to Thailand on Facebook,…

  • Food Styling and Photography workshop, May 2012 in France

    Food Styling and Photography workshop, May 2012 in France

    I have some exciting news. It’s been a while now since my friend Bea and I started talking about running a food styling and photography workshop together. It took us…

  • Bunny Chow and Buttermilk Rusks

    Bunny Chow and Buttermilk Rusks

    What better mementos could you bring home from a trip than a handful of new recipes? They don’t take up space in your suitcase, and you’ll have them for years…

  • Lions and Tigers and Bunnies, Oh My

    Lions and Tigers and Bunnies, Oh My

    Ok. There weren’t any tigers. But there were certainly lions, elephants, cape buffalo, cheetahs, vultures, white rhinos, ostriches, crocodiles, hippos, wildebeasts, zebras, giraffes, wild dogs, hyenas, impala, water bucks, elans,…

  • In The Kitchen

    In The Kitchen

    I’m becoming a big fan of shiso since Amy planted it in my garden this summer. It’s minty, grassy flavor is just the thing on a hot spell like the…

  • On Guadeloupe and Martinique

    On Guadeloupe and Martinique

    Some time ago, Cam switched from being a mostly scotch drinker to a mostly rum drinker. I’m not talking Captian Morgan’s here. Aged rums, particularly those from the Caribbean and…

  • Two Tacos Please

    Two Tacos Please

    There has been a scheme in the works for some time now to have a day devoted to tacos. We’ve (Cam and I) been sampling various trucks and busses one…

  • Manfricoli all a’Matriciana

    Manfricoli all a’Matriciana

    At least one of you guessed what my new favorite ingredient is. It’s the thing that makes matriciana (aka a’matriciana) go from yum to oh, wow.

  • A Month in Umbria

    A Month in Umbria

    How do I even begin to tell the story of our 4 weeks in Umbria?