A regular round-up of culinary news from around the Americas, and beyond. If you have any tips about restaurant or hotel openings, new culinary books, food media worth reading, plus events and happenings of every sort, drop me a line [email protected] view of flooded rice plantations in Eldorado do Sul,...
These faces that make me happy! A beautiful boat ride on the sparkling blue Mediterranean in Cannes in the late eighties, and an adventure in Cabo San Lucas in 2008.I decided to make Sunday special this week. Why? Just because! Okay, so its mothers day (Festa della mamma), in both...
CAGAYAN. What comes in your mind when you hear or read about Cagayan? (photo) Some says, it is their Pancit Batil Patong of Tuguegarao City while some mention the longest Cagayan River that exits via Aparri. Others could have mentioned that it is known to register one of the hottest...
Denise Lesley Oldfield is responsible for the colourful Northern Lights photos above. Thanks for letting me use them Denise.On Friday night I had nightmares about storms. I dreamed I couldn’t get home from the gym. I haven’t used a gym in years so I don’t know where that came from....
Cardio’s Hair Boutique Another stunning sunrise, followed by some ‘me time’ at the hair salon. On Wednesday I enjoyed a visit to Francesco my hairstylist. He’s such a friendly guy, and has a lovely, relaxing salon. While he snipped my hair, we talked (mostly in Italian), about anything and everything,...
Juan Luis Mártinez of Mérito in Lima, Peru. Juan Luis Martínez was born in Venezuela but has been living abroad and working in restaurants in Spain and Peru for many years. He opened Mérito in 2018 after working at Central for several years. It’s this narrow, two-level space in the...