Why Dieting Totally and Absolutely SUCKS!!

Confessions of a Girl on a Teeny Weeny Bikini Mission I have to get something off my chest. But I’m afraid your opinion of me may be slightly altered by what I am about to tell you. After much careful consideration, agonizing thought and deliberation, I have decided to go on a little d ……

The Wonderful World of Peanut Butter Art

It’s Friday and I’m feeling a little silly/ immature. Do you ever have one of those days when you’re willing to put just about anything in your sandwich? I’ve come across a very fun photography blog which I happen to relate to in every which way. It’s about one thing and one thing only…. …All…

You’re invited to an Otherworldly Dinner Party

This seemingly infinite white table emerging from the ocean waves stopped me in my internet-scouring tracks today. I had to know. Is this real? And if so, how do I get invited? The origin of the photo was not cited but it didn’t take me long to track down its source and discover that not only is this otherworldly…

But Have you Drank Wine from a Volcanic Vineyard?

I’ll see your Vintage Bordeaux and raise you a glass from a volcanic vineyard. If aliens are out there somewhere and they happen to enjoy the occasional bottle of wine, this could be what their vineyards would look like. But alas, this is just plain ol’ planet earth being totally and completely awesome again. We’re…

A 19th Century Eating Tour of the Lower East Side

Pastrami, pickles, bagels with cream cheese, smoked lox salmon, pumpernickel and rye breads! Many of the food we traditionally associate today with New York can be traced to a particular period in time, and a very distinct neighbourhood – the iconic Lower East Side of the late 19th century. This was once one of the…

New York’s Oldest Dim Sum Restaurant and the Secrets of Chinatown

Secreted away in the heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown is a small, peculiar street. Whilst most of the city is laid out in a uniform grid system, this tiny, one block long street is unusual in that it has a sharp, angled bend in the middle of it. On a map, it is marked down as…

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Finding New York’s Best Tea & Coffee in an Ancient Village Emporium

The nicest place to buy coffee and tea in New York, is also its oldest. Tucked away in the West Village is the quiet and unassuming McNulty’s, a small store that has been selling rare teas and choice coffees ever since 1895. Walking inside is truly like stepping back in time. It is also a…

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Meet the Italian Grandmothers Making the World’s Rarest Pasta

Pasta makes everything better. This we know. But in the ancient villages of Sardinia, where the art of handmade pasta is practically a sacred ritual, there are ancestral, mouth-watering secrets that even the finest fettuccine can’t hold a candle to. We’re talking about the most beautiful and intricate shapes you’ve never seen; braided, stretched, twisted…

5 Medieval-style ‘Game of Thrones’ Restaurants in Europe

Fan of the show or not, I thought you might enjoy some of my picks for a medieval style feast in Europe… 1. The Medieval Taverns of Prague Prague is pretty much your go-to European city for medieval-style taverns. The dining room pictured above is literally called Medieval Tavern, located in the heart of the…

You can now Rent Julia Child’s Provencale Kitchen as she Left It, via Airbnb

A copy of Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, dog-eared, heavily scribbled in with my mother’s notes and covered with her gravy stains, will one day be passed on to me as a family heirloom. I didn’t know it then, but my childhood in Provence probably wouldn’t have tasted the same if it wasn’t for Julia…