Food and Foodways

The Heart of Nyaungshwe

Getting to Nyaungshwe from Mandalay by air is a surreal experience.  But then much of travel in Burma is, in one way or another, surreally beautiful or incongruous. 

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The ART of Chocolate: Brussels, Belgium

 When it comes to crafting great food, Belgians do a number of things exceptionally well.  They make excellent french fries (frites), with an interesting assortment of dipping sauces.  They brew some great beer and they excel at chocolate!

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Traveling for Local Food

Hi…I’m in Atlanta, home of some great food (including barbecue, soul and MaryMac’s Tea Room which you’ve all got to get to someday). Anyway, right after New Years, I’m packing my family (2 of us and 2 kids) and driving to Denver for my parents’…

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Fjorubordid restaurant, Stokkseyr, Iceland

At the recommendation of a friend from South Iceland, we visited a wonderful restaurant in the small seaside sound of village of Stokkseyr, just south of Selfoss.   Fjorubordid has an extensive menu of Icelandic food but most everyone who goes there goes for the small Icelandic lobster, know as langoustine.  While called a lobster, they really are not much larger than a jumbo shrimp. 

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The Heart of Nyaungshwe

Getting to Nyaungshwe from Mandalay by air is a surreal experience.  But then much of travel in Burma is, in one way or another, surreally beautiful or incongruous. 

Read More

The ART of Chocolate: Brussels, Belgium

 When it comes to crafting great food, Belgians do a number of things exceptionally well.  They make excellent french fries (frites), with an interesting assortment of dipping sauces.  They brew some great beer and they excel at chocolate!

Read More

Traveling for Local Food

Hi…I’m in Atlanta, home of some great food (including barbecue, soul and MaryMac’s Tea Room which you’ve all got to get to someday). Anyway, right after New Years, I’m packing my family (2 of us and 2 kids) and driving to Denver for my parents’…

Read More

Fjorubordid restaurant, Stokkseyr, Iceland

At the recommendation of a friend from South Iceland, we visited a wonderful restaurant in the small seaside sound of village of Stokkseyr, just south of Selfoss.   Fjorubordid has an extensive menu of Icelandic food but most everyone who goes there goes for the small Icelandic lobster, know as langoustine.  While called a lobster, they really are not much larger than a jumbo shrimp. 

Read More