musings of a traveller and food lover

PEOPLE, PLACES & CULTURE

comforts of home…cassava macapuno cake

Home is where my kitchen is, where I can create what ever I want to try. The kitchen where I would spend hours pouring into cookbooks, or sitting with close friends having a pot of tea and ...

… a gem for a less, restaurant acchiardo

I wonder what made me enter that place… I was walking around the web of streets in the old town of Nice (Vieux Nice), and had no plans to eat lunch yet… I was just stopping by and taking ...

…captain don’t fire me

Yesterday as we went to St Laurent du Var for crew dinner, I was almost choked with my emotions. I am actually leaving again… the thought of leaving this crew just make my heart ache. ...

…”best pasta in the world”

With the summer fading away, I made the last lunch for the family today. One of the kids left for London while the rest of the family are leaving on Friday. This means too, I leave France ...

… ricepudding (rizogalo) & a birthday

I took him to the Greek restaurant, the Greek Islands in Ft Lauderdale. When selection of the dessert came we had baklava and rizogalo ( rice pudding). He loves it.. then it dawned to me I ...

Gyros

Coming back home means endless wandering around my area. Having lived in the US on and off for the past year, Athens seems to be a world apart from Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach where I ...

…. fresh farmer’s eggs

Nothing gives me such pleasure when I visit the weekly market in my area. Having been away in the USA for over a year, this is what I miss most in Greece.

Lasang Pinoy Sundays # 25… Saucy

When Ces of Spices started hosting this weekly Filipino food photography, she always have encouraged me to join. After all I have been active with the Lasang Pinoy “Filipino ...

…when you miss home, cook!!! … fakes

It all started reading Jo’s blog… on her latest post, she wrote about Greek wines – pairing wine and food. Last week I emailed Laurie for a certain Greek recipe in which I ...