Gastronomy in Spain: Spanish Olive Benefits

Olives and Spain go back a long time, over two thousand years in fact, to when the Phoenicians brought them to Iberia. With that in mind, it makes perfect sense that olives are a staple of Spanish food… CONTINUE READING >>

Olives and Spain go back a long time, over two thousand years in fact, to when the Phoenicians brought them to Iberia. With that in mind, it makes perfect sense that olives are a staple of Spanish food… CONTINUE READING >>

6 Simple Tips for Grilling on a Road Trip

Planning to go on a road trip with friends and family this summer? These 6 simple tips for grilling on a road trip should help make the experience more memorable. Keep reading for details…
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Planning to go on a road trip with friends and family this summer? These 6 simple tips for grilling on a road trip should help make the experience more memorable. Keep reading for details…
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How Did a Buffalo Grow Wings?: The Origins of Some of America’s Favorite Foods


Many places across America have a certain food item that is emblematic to their city or region, and luckily we have found ourselves at the source of several.

Share a meal or two (okay many, many meals!) with us and learn about the origins of some of the USA’s most icon foods… CONTINUE READING >>


Many places across America have a certain food item that is emblematic to their city or region, and luckily we have found ourselves at the source of several.

Share a meal or two (okay many, many meals!) with us and learn about the origins of some of the USA’s most icon foods… CONTINUE READING >>

Food for Thought: How Food Enhances Travel

An old adage says that you don’t really know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. We believe it is just as true that you don’t really know a place until you eat a plate of its food.

There is so much more to visiting a destination than seeing the sights. We try to immerse… CONTINUE READING >> 

An old adage says that you don’t really know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. We believe it is just as true that you don’t really know a place until you eat a plate of its food.

There is so much more to visiting a destination than seeing the sights. We try to immerse… CONTINUE READING >> 

Something Smells Fishy in Alaska

A uniquely Alaskan experience, so much so that you must be a permanent Alaskan resident to participate in it, meant that we could only be spectators while our son went about the business of netting salmon… CONTINUE READING >>

A uniquely Alaskan experience, so much so that you must be a permanent Alaskan resident to participate in it, meant that we could only be spectators while our son went about the business of netting salmon… CONTINUE READING >>

Doing Paris Like We Live There

We are heading back to France this week to visit our daughter’s family, including our one and only grandchild, so we thought we would revisit this story about seeing Paris more like a local than a tourist…

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We are heading back to France this week to visit our daughter’s family, including our one and only grandchild, so we thought we would revisit this story about seeing Paris more like a local than a tourist…

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