The Vietnamese take fresh coconut, fresh pineapple juice, superfine chopped peanuts, and mashed them with a sweet potato. The sweet potato they use is the white kind. It was delicious Sweet Potato, Coconut, Peanut, and Pineapple.
Thai Cooking School – Chiang Mai, Thailand
What can you learn in 4 days of Thai Cooking School?
SoHo Where to Dine in Hong Kong
A quick trip through SoHo in search of food.
No-Bake Thanksgiving
Hosting Thanksgiving in New Zealand, where there are no turkeys, and our apartment doesn’t have an oven. It’s a no-bake Thanksgiving holiday.
Maori for an evening: Te Puia in Rotorua, New Zealand
At the visitor’s Center in Rotorua, buying the $100 tickets for the Maori experience at Te Puia also included entrance to Hell’s Gate Thermal Park. So we bought the tickets, knowing we’d have a unique cultural experience (learning about the…
Why Is Cheddar Orange?
Cheese is white, right? After all, cheese comes from milk. Milk comes from cows (and goats). Every cow I know of makes white milk. So why is cheese orange? Such was the conversation with our friends Matt and Nicole during…
Lyttelton Farmer’s Market: Lyttelton Near Christchurch, New Zealand
Nearby to Christchurch, New Zealand is the harbor town of Lyttelton. It looks like a fishing village out of late 1800’s England, which makes perfect sense, when you learn that Lyttelton, like much of New Zealand, was settled by many…
Auckland, New Zealand: First Impressions
We were sad to leave our island relaxation and rest time in Tahiti. We had a wonderful time there. So far in comparison, where Tahiti was nice but expensive; Auckland, New Zealand just seems nice. Getting off the plane and…
Making Ceviche in Quito, Ecuador
Carrie and I took part in a cooking class at Simon Bolivar language school where they taught us how to make ceviche with shrimp (ceviche de camarones) and chocho (a kind of bean – ceviche de chocho). Directions for making…
Having A Party At Our Apartment In Quito
Last Thursday, we decided to have a party at our apartment. It’s fun to have been somewhere long enough (we’ve been in Quito for 8 weeks now) to actually have friends that we can invite over to “our” place. Carrie…