Featured Articles: Travel & Culture
Adventures in Portugal – My Search for Serradura
I talk a lot about the connection that exists between the two F’s: food and family. There is just something about the two Fs that makes a dish, its preparation, and obviously, its consumption so much more meaningful. I went to Portugal at the beginning of this month for a family trip that was absolutely [...]
The Almost Magic Beans
Legumes have been cultivated throughout the world for thousands of years. There’s evidence that they were some of the first cultivated crops in human history. This makes them an essential part of the evolution of early civilizations. When hunter-gatherer groups started to develop agricultural systems they were able to establish into more stable communities that [...]
Faithfully Sweet: Ice Cream Innovator: Free Ice Cream Today in DC!
Do you like ice cream? Do you like pie? Do you want FREE ice cream? If you live in DC, get on down to Georgetown and be one of first 100 people on Friday April 20 between 5pm to 7pm for free 2oz. scoop of PieScream ice cream. This is no ordinary ice cream…and some [...]
The Meaning of Rugelach
I first learned about Abe when I was staying at a friend’s farm for New Year’s. We woke up on New Year’s Day to the smell of freshly baked rugelach in all sorts of jam and chocolate varieties. Over the BEST breakfast of hot coffee and rugelach, my friend enthused about his grandfather Abe, and [...]
The Cost of Oak
How picturesque is a winery’s barrel hall? How lovely is that oaky, toasty, vanillin smell? How quickly does a wine barrel conjure up images of rural warmth, rustic hospitality, refined revelry? What would wine be without the barrels? But what happens to barrels after the wine? Most wine spends time with oak before it [...]
Bull City Food Exchange
We are so excited for our coming event – please stay tuned on this page for up-to-date news, and hope to see you there! Bull City Food Exchange local action, global movement Sunday, May 6, 2012 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM | Fullsteam 726 Rigsbee Avenue Durham NC Come support three new food Durham-based organizations [...]
Mama’s Famous Quesillo
As I mature, I can’t help but think of all of the delicious things I have eaten thanks to my parents, and all of the flavorful dishes of my heritage that have yet to make it to my plate. That is why for some time now, I have been speaking to my grandmother, whom I [...]
The Xochimilco Chinampas: Floating Farms in Mexico City
In a previous article, I wrote about Xochimilco and the chinampa system that was developed by the civilizations living around the lakes in the Anahuac Valley, where modern Mexico City sits now. This system consisted on creating floating islands for agriculture using mud from the bottom of the lake and decaying vegetation. The system is [...]
Durham/Asheville Road Rules
“Belly full… butt drunk.” This Liberian vernacular expression may explain the love of food, and belly busting laughter that Belinda and I share in common. “Butt drunk” describes the deliciously intoxicating moment that follows a well-prepared meal. It first sets in when rolling and raucous laughter replaces the dull roar of clanging forks and knives. [...]
The Etiquette of Wine
etiquette: n., the understood and stated rules of social manners by which people live in harmony and peace. Where I was brought up in The South, etiquette is a way of life and the standard of good living. This is not a matter of being stuffy and old-fashioned; well-understood and constantly practiced etiquette sets the [...]
