Travel with Pen & Palate’s guide to Argentina
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travel with pen and palate
- While wandering the back roads of Hawaii
- Two January Days in the Florida Everglades
- Florida in its Quincentenary Year
- Pensacola Renaissance
- White sand and oysters on Alabama’s gulf shore
- This is the face of Maine
- From Forest, Sea and Farm to Table in Washington State’s Pacific Northwest
- South Dakota is more than corn
- The French House Party’s Creative Tranquility in Carcassonne, France
- Four Days in Flanders
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Borough Market, London England: the Empire Lives on in Food
The mother of all food markets, London’s 13th century Borough Market is appropriately located near Borough High Street station delivering the world’s food to ancient Southwark Cathedral’s door. Moving patiently with the crowds through narrow aisles, the experience is both exotic … Continue reading
Posted in European Travel, Food, Historic Sites, Travel and Food
Tagged Borough Market, London, organic food, Southwark Cathedral, truffels
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New Native American Cuisine at Kai, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass
Ginger Songbird Martin, Cultural Concierge at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, explains that the Pima and Maricopa people have no words for “hello” and “goodbye.” Rather the greeting is, “Welcome to my home. Good to see you. … Continue reading
Geechee Kunda Cultural Center and Low Country Cuisine
Americans want to believe we’re a homogeneous society. Wake up, we’re not. A visit to the Geeche Kunda Cultural Center explodes another cultural myth. African victims of the slave trade brought with them the cooking traditions of their homeland creating what … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Sites, Food, Travel and Food, USA Travel
Tagged Boiled Peanuts, Crab Boil, Geechee Gullah, Georgia, Low Country Cuisine
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Luang Prabang, Laos: Ban Phousy Market & Tamarind Cafe
Long the ancient royal capital of Laos’ many national permutations, Luang Prabang was a favorite of the French during their century of domination with their architecture, but not their cuisine, influencing and complimenting the Laotians own superb sensibilities. The city is stunning, … Continue reading
Shawnee Inn’s Nativity Scenes of the World
A beautiful exhibit of Nativity Scenes is on display through the holidays at Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. The creche have been collected from around the world and represent both a heartwarming, and light hearted in a few examples, international devotion to the … Continue reading
Posted in Antiques, Pennsylvania travel, Travel, USA Travel
Tagged All Hands Volunteers, Nativity creche, Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort
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Shrimping off the Georgia Coast Aboard The Lady Jane
Eating wild Georgia White Shrimp within minutes of being caught, while on the Lady Jane off St. Simons Island, is a culinary experience not to be missed. The Lady Jane It’s a brilliant sunny day off the southern Georgia coast … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travel, Travel and Food, USA Travel
Tagged Georgia, southeast USA travel, St. Simons Island, the Lady Jane, wild shrimp
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Antelope Park, Zimbabwe: When ALERT is Being Alive
At Antelope Park, Gweru, Zimbabwe, a dozen journalists take two cats for a walk, actually two lions. Laili and Lewa, barely one year old cubs but already weighing nearly 200 pounds each, play like kittens as they roll around on the ground, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Photography, Travel
Tagged Africa, ALERT, Antelope Park, international travel, Zimbabwe
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