Warning: the following post is littered with cheesy Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory lyrics. An intense chocolate or arepa craving may occur after reading. ‘Cause I’ve got a golden ticket. I’ve got a golden chance to make my way. And with a golden ticket, it’s going to be a golden day! After an hour…
Category: Travel
MASA: Oven to Table
I am not so much a bread person. Carbohydrates don’t excited me, unless I happen to be in Paris. I can easily forgo most pastas, rice and rolls. Filler foods, who needs ’em? That is, unless we’re talking about flaky croissants aux amandes or heavenly pain au chocolat. These works of art can lure me…
Eat Your Veggies at Manfred’s & Vin
After a full day of sitting inside a darkened tent for the MAD Symposium held in Copenhagen, we were ready for a bit of sun and a meal where we could all sit down and chew over the material we had just spent 8 hours digesting. Our group of seven hopped in two taxis and…
It’s a MAD, MAD Copenhagen
A few days in Copenhagen, a city that has quickly risen to gastronomic stardome in the past few years, to participate in a food symposium, seemed like an excellent way to spend my first few days of July. René Redzepi has put Denmark on the map, along with other notable chefs, with their New Nordic…
Kuala Lumpur, An Exercise in Eating
I was sitting in my hotel room two weeks ago hovering the mouse arrow over the buy button at the bottom of AirAsia’s promotion flight to Kuala Lumpur. I needed to do a visa run, but the most important part of the crossing the border part was which country I would renew my papers in….
Bringing a Touch of Del Posto to Chiang Mai
My friend Sunee has been a cooking instructor at Chiang Mai University for thirty years. When she has the opportunity to bring in another chef/cook/someone who likes to cook, she seizes the opportunity, both for herself and for her students. She is given the chance to step back for a day and assist, while the…
How Do You Like Them Appens?
Last night as I was walking through the market, a woman sitting on the sidewalk with little piles of fruits in front of her caught my eye. I’ve actually tried these before, but wasn’t sure what it was. She called in an appen sta (appen is apple in Thai, the sta I have no idea….
A Sweet That Wasn’t so Sweet
If I don’t know what it is, I want to try it. I don’t want to proverbial “chew on it” or think about what it might taste like. No, I want to savor it, munch it, understand the texture, what spices are in it, and how it most likely was made. It should be in…
Thai Home Cooking, Royal Style
I’m so full! Can I be cheesy and say both physically and emotionally? Good, there I said it. I just got home from one of those evenings that leave goosebumps on your arms because it was so fun and full of great people. My friend Andy, a chef who is wise in the ways of…
A New Adventure in Thailand Starts off Spicy
My first day in Bangkok was exactly what I wanted it to be. Actually maybe just a little bit more. I came off the airplane anxious to shake 22 hours of sitting out of my body. Oh yeah, first I had to take a taxi into the city. Then I could shake it off. A…
Cruising Colorado’s Cuisine
My sister Julia invited me out to spend a long weekend with her in Vail and Aspen. Having never been to either, I quickly penciled in the dates on my calendar and booked a flight to Denver. Not only was I interested in the snowboarding part of her “inspiration” trip (and I don’t mind so…
passport to eat 