Tag: travel
Oooo, Baby Baby
Personally, I am not the biggest fan of being called “Baby” in a romantic way by a significant other. Don’t get me wrong, I’m affectionate, I can dish it out, but I’d rather be referred to as “Hey, you” or “Sport” or “Woman” (Just kidding. And a note to my significant other, don’t EVER call [...]
Photo of the Day: Sausalito Dream
The one. The original Sausalito cookie from Sausalito Cafe & Bakery. So worth the uphill bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Photo of the Day: Best Baklava. Ever.
I’ve had my share of baklava. But this, this is the best I’ve ever had. The owner and pastry chef pulled the best from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa to host them at the Sausalito Bakery & Cafe in Sausalito, CA.
San Diego Beer: A Tribute
My dear Zomppas, today is my last day to be writing to you from sunny San Diego. Over Thanksgiving break I am moving back to DC with my husband and our menagerie of animals. While we are both very excited to be moving back to the east coast, I wanted to take this opportunity and [...]
Mast-esfenaj (Yoghurt with Spinach)
I am, by no means, a good cook. There are, however, just a couple of dishes I can do well, including the following dip (which I usually over-eat with bread, because I just love it!). It’s a Persian recipe, and there are variations, but this is the version my very-excellent-cook-of-a-mother taught me. Now, every Iranian [...]
Hookah Time Baklava
From the marketplaces of Cairo and tea houses of Shiraz, to the sidewalk cafes of Dubai and London, you’ll find the perfumed smoke of the hookah, (otherwise known as sheesha, water pipe, narghilla, and hubbly bubbly) resonate with young and old alike. To many Middle Easterners it is a cultural past time, to sit with [...]
Guest/From the Near East: Stuffed Zucchini in Yoghurt Sauce
We are excited to welcome our newest guest contributor, Lena.
Project Food Blog #1: Food, Meet Zomppas
As one of 2,000 bloggers in FoodBuzz’s first ever contest to find the next food blog star, we’re in it to win it! The winner is voted by food bloggers and a panel of distinguished judges, including: Dana Cowin, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD & WINE Magazine, Nancy Silverton, Founder La Brea Bakery, Co-owner Mozza, and Pim Techamuanvivit, Author of ChezPim.com and The [...]
Photo of the Day: Aracini
Aracini, fried Sicilian rice balls from Bova’s, an institution for over three generations in Boston’s North End.
Boston Beanie Baby and Doro Wat What?
A few months back, I threw my sister a baby shower. I’m showing off this is the hand-sewn quilt I made for the Kid. Well, logic would follow that several months later, a little person has since emerged. So off I went to Boston to meet him for the first time. Bostonians are a loyal [...]
