Carbo Loading – Annapurna Circuit
Tiger Balm Tales Vol 16 Carbo Loading Whoever said carbs aren’t good for you never hiked in Nepal. When hiking for 2 weeks, carbs become…
Fruit in Vietnam: Try this Market Scavenger Hunt
The most common thing you’ll say as you walk around a Vietnamese market is “What is that?” I lived in Vietnam for a year, and…
Taipei Food Tour
View my Taipei photography View Taipei snapshots This was my first trip to Taiwan – country number 32. Was I going to see China or was…
Q&A – Blogging and Cooking School
Real questions from you…the lovely people who actually read this blog (thank you, thank you!!) These people contacted me through email and I’ve received permission…
Mongolian Food: It’s Not What You Think
Who doesn’t love Mongolian BBQ? I loved those restaurants in the US cities and suburbs where you pile your plate high of uncooked veggies, meat,…
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Butchers in Vietnam
I recently made a trip to a local market to purchase and eat durian for the first time. While I was there, I was able…
Adventure Eating
After 8 months here, I finally found some Vietnamese friends who took me on as their ‘foreign friend project.’ They are helping me to see…
Durian – The King of Fruits
There are many hard things about living by yourself overseas…I may write a book about it someday if I can ever force myself to slow…
The Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 10
I drove over to my favorite cheap eats restaurant in the Backpacker Area in District 1, Lam Café on Bui Vien Street. When I say…
Rice Culture – Travel in the Philippines
View Philippine Rice Terrace Photography I love rice. Rice pudding, fried rice, red beans and rice, rice krispies, wild rice, sticky rice, and even young…