Grasse, France ~ The scent of a woman …
Grasse France. We had saved today for the historic and hilly town of Grasse, the world capital of perfume, located about ten miles up the hills of the Maritime Alps behind Cannes. The small town of Grasse still accounts for two thirds of France’s production of perfume essence and food flavorings. The hills around…
African Lion Safari … A journal !
AFRICAN LION SAFARI TANZANIAN JOURNAL January 24 – February 8, 2012 Jan 24: 23 Hours of Travel … Taking Denis’ all-time favorite airline, British Airways, from Dulles to London, and then connecting for a flight to Nairobi, helped make this exhausting African Lion Safari trip into a more pleasurable experience … from the lounge where…
My lifelong affair with Spaghetti alla Carbonara!
In 1968, Time Life Books released a new book about cooking, “Recipes from Italy”. Up until then, my idea of Italian food did not extend much further than veal piccata, spaghetti with meatballs, or pepperoni pizza. But my girlfriend was intent on becoming a good cook, and, following carefully the instructions from the book, she…
BEST of Chile food : Charquican !
Charquican. Chile is a country blessed with many riches, including an incredibly wide variety of sources of food from both land and water. The resulting Chilean cuisine offers many outstanding dishes which are a delight for visitors to discover. Selected for today’s posting is the charquican, a beef stew with a long history in Chile….