“You must be happy when making dough,” said Levon. “That’s the most important part of Georgian cooking. Your happiness will seep into the dough and make it delicious. An unhappy person cannot make authentic khachapuri or khinkali.” We were in a small restaurant in Kakheti, the type of place where […]
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Oysters, Omelettes, and Baskets – The Homage to Small Town France
Ah … France. One of those countries we visit time after time and can never get bored. On the third day of our Normandy trip, we woke up in the city of Bayeux and headed to a Saturday market. Visiting a Saturday market is one of those truly not-to-be-missed French […]
Read MoreNormandy, France or How We Spent Nearly $4,000 in Four Days
In the summer of 2009, after I finished my second year of law school, we decided to visit France. I flew to Paris two days before Julia to get my “art museum” fix and managed to visit four art museums in those two days. Upon arrival, I immediately discovered that […]
Read MoreAll Aboard the Booze Train!
After visiting blue agave fields on the way to the town of Tequila, our tour continued at the Jose Cuervo tequila distillery known as La Rojeña. The decision to visit Jose Cuervo, and not any of the other numerous tequila distilleries in the area, was an easy one. Jose Cuervo […]
Read MoreWe Drink Tequila in Tequila (Mexico)
Those who live in Mexico or regularly visit know of such Mexican drinks as mezcal and pulque; yet, for everyone else, the queen of all Mexican drinks and one of its most known exports is tequila. So, when we visited the city of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco […]
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