Welcome to the Andes During my recent trip to Peru, I got to visit three different parts of this beautiful country, with very different landscapes and ingredients. Cusco, situated at 11,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes was once the greatest capital of the Incan empire and now boasts beautiful influences of Spanish architecture, like the […]
I am a big proponent of two main principles of cooking at home: Your food should be healthy Your food should be flavorful and delicious Having a grill allows me to deliver on both. Following those two basic principles has never led me astray and has gotten me a plethora of compliments on some of my […]
I typically wouldn’t grill cod, because I wouldn’t consider it a grilling fish, since it’s very tender and falls apart easily…BUT…I REALLY wanted to grill dinner and cod was the freshly-bought fish in my fridge. It came out just fine, but you really have to watch it because it is such a tender fish. Make […]
I recently had the amazing experience of visiting Peru and in anticipation of my trip, I of course, like any proper foodie, did some research. Lima is a coastal city boasting the best of any and every type of seafood found on this planet – and it’s all as fresh as it can be – […]
The time has come for me to present you with a non-food oriented piece of my mind and to create some context as to why I am so dedicated to incorporating a travel aspect in my food blog. To better paint the picture, I have, as of this moment, at the not-so-tender age of 27, […]
This weekend I was really craving something vegetarian and I just happened to stumble upon French Guy Cooking’s recipe for ratatouille. I’ve actually made it a very long time ago and had completely forgotten about this delicious veggie stew. Another awesome thing is that this is a one-pot dish, which I always love…mainly because I […]