musings of a traveller and food lover

Photo Essay

ΑΥΓΑ – Avga

“Oh, God above, if heaven has a taste it must be an egg with butter and salt, and after the egg is there anything in the world lovelier than fresh warm bread and a mug of sweet golden ...

Kastana 2€/ 7 pieces

Autumn brings out chestnuts.. .while walking along Ermou St. in central Athens last Sunday, from a far I could smell roasted chestnuts wafting the air. On my previous blog I posted food ...

Oxtapodia Octopus

LastJune 29th,Market Man of Manila posted on his wonderful food blog about Inihaw na Pusit – Grilled Squid I asked him if octopus is popular in the Philippines as I could not even ...

Trotters

Trotters are cooked by lengthy poaching, they can be coated with breadcrumbs and grilled or served with a piquant sauce. The gelatine that they contain makes them useful for enriching stews ...

Summer Fruits

Just came back from my walkabouts here in Athens and went to check the farmer’s market on the other side of my area. After my shock with the food prices in Oslo and the availability of ...

Gone away…to chase the trolls

Steep mountains,falls, heavy showers,snow, then a late afternoon sunshine exploding- all these happening in one day. Gone for a while…with my swiss knife, hiking boots, raincoat, water ...

Moments: HOME COOKING

Lombok is a mix of ethnic Indonesian but majority of the people are Sasak Muslim.One compound in the heart of the city are “immigrants” from the neighbouring Bali, where they ...

Dungeness Crabs

A walk way stand that line the sidewalk of Fisherman’s Wharf. San Francisco, California, USA Photo taken on March 25th, 2003

LONZO – Saucission de longe de porc

A Corsican charcuterie made from rolled fillet of pork cured in brine with herbs and then dried. Photo taken in Ajaccio, Corsica August 12th, 2001.Ajaccio is the birthplace of ...

Post Card from Marigot, St Maarten

When ever M travels for work without me, he always stock up postcards in hope he has time to write and buy stamps. But with a hectic schedule it rarely happens, so I always beg him to carry ...