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topfen rookie
Obviously I like cheese. I am equal-opportunity when it comes to cheese consumption, and claim no favorite. But when in Austria, I always go out of my way to eat some topfen, a fresh, curdled cheese. Known elsewhere as quark, it’s always called topfen in Austria, because it can be made in a Topf, a pot. […]
battered Blüten
An Austrian Nachtisch, of elder flowers dipped in a sort of pancake batter, and fried.
me and my dream in northern Thailand, looking down from above
And by Dream, I mean an eggplant purple, kickstart only, unknown vintage Honda that had a gas gauge that only sorta worked and a key that, I was warned, could be removed from the ignition while running. It was on lanyard that I kept looped around the side mirror to prevent it from being lost. […]
the upside of gastrointestinal issues is not having to pay for dinner
Laos is kicking the gastrointestinal tract of more travelers than in Vietnam and Cambodia combined. I seem to meet more people here who are recovering from bouts of illness, “felt funny last night”, or has a travel partner who “isn’t feeling well.” It all means one thing…tummy trouble. Either diarrhea, vomiting, or the double whammy […]
travel eats: Cambodia
Traveling involves constantly dealing with three key logistics: where to stay, how to get there, what to eat. Eating healthy on the road can be challenging for any number of reasons. I try to maintain some sort of teetering balance by eating fresh fruits and veggies when I can, but even that’s a challenge, also […]
fried frog, snake sausage, bánh cóng, and floating markets in the Mekong Delta
I’m a little loathe to contribute to the excess of internet food photos, but I took a food tour in Can Tho that included a few interesting, and tasty, specimens. The snake sausage picture is too dark to bother posting, but it basically looked like a coarse sausage. Our guide recommended snake in sausage form, […]
too much mayo in Belgium
I swung through Belgium for four days en route from Paris to Vienna, stopping in Antwerp and Ghent. Belgium has a lot of things I like…frites, bicycles, waffles, chocolate. I’m sort of outgrowing the last two, but have an abiding love of the first two. So do the Belgians, apparently. Perhaps they can get away […]
Cheese Skipping 
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