Stories from a lifetime of travel & food adventures from around the globe
This morning a friend shared a TED video with me. It is a talk from author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about the dangers of a single story. The stereotyping of a culture or society based on a single point of view set by someone else, for example, the entertainment or media industries or a single interaction with …
Continue reading Why a single story view of the world is not as simple as you may think
My grandma couldn’t cook. She was a professional musician her entire adult life and spent a fair amount of time either traveling or at work during the dinner hours. She could, however, make a box-mix cake! Whenever we saw her(which wasn’t often because she lived at least a day’s drive away), she would make a …
We met her at night, amongst the crowds of people thrown together over bottles of Bucanero and a sea of skeptical, watchful eyes. “Meet me in the square tomorrow, and I will show you.” The next day, after a long hike in the Parque Natural Topes de Collantes, we stood trepidatiously in Plaza Mayor waiting to …
The waiter drops the decanter with a soft thud causing the contents to slightly slosh inside. I peered into the golden, murky liquid to see a baby cobra dancing to the tune of an imaginary flute. My skeptical gaze rolls up to my companion. This is turning out to be one helluva first date. Archipelago, …
Tapas eating was never so easy and so good with my guide on where and what treats the locals eat in Granada!