travel + culture
Postcard from Yunnan, Part 2
Food-wise, Yunnan is most famous for its ham, a salty, long-cured product that can be compared to jamon serrano or prosciutto.
01.22.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- pork,
- china,
- asia,
- francis lam
travel + culture
No-Baloney Abalone
Of the small agricultural towns in the Santa Cruz valley, Pescadero reigns supreme.
01.17.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- culinary culture,
- seafood,
- aquaculture
travel + culture
Baklava Diplomacy
Nadir Güllü is known in Turkey as the King of Baklava, and the shop down the street from his factory sells a royal selection of pastries.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- pastry,
- dessert,
- middle east,
- tony eprile
travel + culture
The Spice Man of Kolkata
Bengalis, like many Asians, say only a mortar and pestle can crush a spice or herb to its fullest potential.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- asia,
- india
travel + culture
Postcard from Yunnan, Part 1
This is hardly a cultural homecoming, but it is a good time. Part 1 in a series.
01.15.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- culinary culture,
- china,
- asia,
- francis lam
travel + culture
Louisville Rising
Way too often, when talk turns to America’s citadels of edible and drinkable achievement, Louisville gets elbowed aside.
01.11.08
- Keywords
- john t. edge,
- southern u.s.
travel + culture
The Gathering Room
I'm just about to leave the village of Khonoma, in Nagaland, northeastern India, when a gregarious middle-aged man sweeps me into his kitchen.
01.09.08
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- asia,
- india,
- culinary culture
travel + culture
Winter in Darjeeling
Dense clouds obscure all but the pink, snowy peak of Khangchendzonga at 28,168 feet—the world's third-highest mountain.
01.03.08
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- asia,
- india
travel + culture
Key Notes: The Levante Parliament, Vienna
The Levante Parliament is located in a handsome 1908 Bauhaus structure tucked behind, yes, the Parliament.
01.03.08
- Keywords
- kate winslow,
- hotels,
- europe,
- vienna
travel + culture
The Bridge
The "Seven Sisters" of India are not like the rest of India and generally, they don't want to be.
01.03.08
- Keywords
- karen coates,
- asia,
- india,
- cookbooks
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