Thank you to Crystal, our Guest Contributor!
Happy Mardi Gras! Its origins have something to do with squeezing in as much revelry and indulgence as possible before Lent or Ash Wednesday or something…eh, look it up on Wikipedia.
Of course, the place (in the US) to be on this holiday is N’awlins, home to the new Super [...]
As many of us try around this time of year to make resolutions to eat better, swear less, save more, stress less, and exercise more, many of us are also probably going to break these resolutions a couple weeks from now. Certainly, by the time the Cherry Blossoms come out in Washington, DC, the majority [...]
When I had the opportunity to go to Tibet, I jumped at it. In recent years, there have been a lot of romanticization about Tibet. It’s been trendy to put prayer flags on front porches, talk about the Dalai Lama, and fantasize that it is a country of yogis and vegan Buddhists.
Lhasa is an incredible [...]
We are excited to feature our first guest contributor: Crystal! We hope to see her more often here – she’s quite an accomplished photographer and has a strange obsession for bread and bakeries and all the mysteries that emerge from the hours before the sun breaks for a new day…or year. Happy New Year! – [...]
One of my dreams is to take the Transiberian Railway one day. I was even once told by an international education “expert” that it would be a good idea to take the Transiberian Railroad to Nepal. Well, I didn’t take the Transiberia to Nepal…I had to fly via India because well, the Transiberian Railway runs [...]
I was fortunate enough to attend my dear ZomppaLys’ wedding a while back. ZomppaLys is master of amazing desserts. Her wedding promised to be a haven for food lovers, and she did not disappoint. She had three cakes – the cake with three layers (Chocolate, Strawberry, and Hazel/Toffee), the groom’s mountain cake, and a Norwegian [...]
I know. We here at Zomppa talk about eating well, organically, locally…please forgive me as I indulge you with my recent gluttonous trip to the NC State Fair. It wasn’t necessarily organic…or healthy…but sure was local. I’m from New England originally and we don’t really have this “whole lotta happy” where I’m from. Last year [...]
What could 5 women, strewn across 5 different cities and 2 different countries, possibly be doing, simultaneously, yet individually, for three straight hours on a Saturday afternoon????
The Foodbuzz Visa Signature 24, 24, 24 Challenge, of course!?@!#!@
Huh?
The Challenge: Inspired by the Foodnetwork’s Chopped, the 6 ladies of Zomppa.com participated in a 3 hour food-a-thon using 5 [...]
This isn’t a beach story. This isn’t a vacation story. It’s August and I’m at work.
Although I suppose I cannot complain when work takes me to Vancouver, British Columbia, for the week. As far as conferences go, this one was quite nice with several rather inspiring speeches about the future. However, sitting in the underground [...]
While we might not be native to New England, it sure does feel like ‘home’ to us.
Every summer, thousands of people and families (native and non-native) flock to Cape Cod to enjoy what millions before them have: warm breezes billowing in from somewhere in the Atlantic, bike rides along the picturesque waterfront, the feel of [...]
