Tag Archive: food

Quenching the craving: sweet treats without the added sugar

By day four, you’re probably dreaming of chocolate bars or oatmeal raisin cookies. I know I do. I remember within a week of the first time I stopped eating added sugars, I went… Continue reading

21 Days of No Added Sugars

I stopped eating sugar a little over a year ago, and persisted with this no-added sugars diet for some six or nine months before I was corrupted by traveling in Australia (where any… Continue reading

In Mongolia’s cold, even fermented horse milk tastes good

Do not be fooled. Mongolia may have an average of 280 days of sun a year, but that doesn’t mean you get 280 days of warmth. It is remarkable how beautiful the day… Continue reading

My First Meal in Mongolia

This was my first meal in Mongolia. I wasn’t really sure what it was, but this really nice Mongolian kid named Tolgi, who was studying to be an English teacher and who had… Continue reading

Best Vegetarian Restaurants in St. Petersburg and Moscow

Natural food stores all smell the same – vaguely of herbs and essential oils, a bit of Indian spice. If you walk into one, you’ll readily identify the scent. I always had this… Continue reading

Fremantle: My favorite things, part two

I’m staying in North Perth, but sadly all I can really tell you about the city is how to get to the Wellington Street Bus Station to catch a train to Midland or… Continue reading

Wearing My Wine in My Smile

I would like to capture the color of the moment. The sartorial tweed, a herringbone overlay, and dash of red, or purple, or daffodil, peaking from under a short Italian pant. At dinner,… Continue reading