One of my top five favorite things in the world (behind my family, food and laughter) is the Olympics. It isn’t that I really love sports, to be honest I don’t understand most of them. I love the power of the Olympics. For 17 days, the world turns its head away from all the awful … More A Friend of the Gastronomes
Disco Soup, any idea what that is? Ya, neither did I. To put it very simply, it is Slow Food’s version of “Whatchagot Stew”. Growing up, every Sunday night my family would all say prayers together and then my dad would read “stories”. My dad read us the classics, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around … More The Slow Food “Whatchagot Stew”
Although I have been in Bra for almost a month now, I have been getting a lot of questions about what it is like to live abroad. Many fellow travelers and prospective immigrants wonder how you learn to create a new home abroad. To answer short and sweet, I know literally nothing. It is the … More Fake It Until You Make It
Think you know anything about food or how food should work? Meet Carlo Petrini and that will all change. A gorgeous 60 degree day of classes was set to begin with an introduction from founder and university president, Carlo Petrini. A few minutes after 10:00 am, in walks an adorable, 60 something, Italian man, smiling, … More They Say You Are What You Eat
“Travel does not exist without home… if we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface, a place to measure our growth and enrich us after being infused with the outside world.” – Josh Gates Everyone could define the word, “home” in a different … More The Continuous Evolution of Home
When I was little, I would get an idea of my dream life and I would plan the whole thing. Every step required from start to finish. I had plans for being a dolphin trainer, an actress, a stay-at-home mom, and so many more. But I never thought of myself as a “dreamer”. I think … More The Courage to Dream
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