Food for Thought with The Wandering Gourmand

August 11, 2014

An excerpt from my interview with Turtles Travel: Food connects us to our past, to those places we consider “home,” and to new destinations we discover through travel. Food can break down barriers we sometimes encounter while traveling, including language! Sharing a meal is a wonderful way to make new friends. Through our Food for Thought series, we continue to learn about other travelers’ journeys and the role food plays. This week’s interview…

Cooking Miami’s Infamous Chop-Chop and My First Published Article

July 28, 2014

Last month I published my first article in a real magazine – Run South Florida. Someone actually liked my words enough to print them! I’m not sure why it has taken me almost a month to mention it here on my blog. You’d think I’d make a grand announcement with animated balloons and Nickelback music (I think Rockstar would be appropriate). Alas, my big splash into the world of adding “published” to…

Chelsea Market in Pictures

July 18, 2014

After a two night hotel stay in Times Square, I wrote New York City off as a place I could never live. The people, the traffic, the gross over-commercialization, really bad food stands, the honking, comedians trying to get me to buy tickets, the construction, the people. Yes, I listed people twice – throngs of them (tourists and business folk alike) shoving back and forth and heaving through crosswalks was way too…

Cooking, Food

Summer Bocktails – Blueberry Blonde Mojito

June 28, 2014

Who doesn’t love a sweet and minty mojito on a warm summer evening? But a mojito bocktail with blueberries added? Estas loco? I know. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? But hear me out. Sometimes, you just need to use the ingredients you have on hand and pour in a little creative inspiration. You’ll be amazed at what you can come up with. For this bocktail, we did just that. The farmers’ market here…

Cooking, Food, Travel, United States

Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston – Truly the Best in Town

June 1, 2014

I’m going to write this post in true Boston manner and focus only on what it’s about with no fluff. If you want to read about the history of Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston or the rival with Regina’s for best pizza in town, go find it elsewhere on the web. If you want to read about the pizza, then keep reading, baby! I wasn’t planning to eat pizza on my overnight…

Cooking, Food

Summer Bocktails – Grapefruit Radler Recipe with Basil

May 30, 2014

History of the Radler I love reading the history behind storied cocktails like the Pina Colada or Moscow Mule. There’s no shortage of myths about who first invented the concoction and why. With a Shandy / Radler, the debate wages even greater. Not only can connoisseurs not decide on the history, they can’t even decide on a name or country of origin. And what would those historians say about a Grapefruit Radler…

Eating, Food

Georgia Ice Cream and Texas Fried Steak at the Cotillion Southern Cafe

April 23, 2014

Pardon the interruption, but some meals are just so awesome that I have to blog about them. Cotillion Southern Cafe is located in Wildwood, Florida just outside of Florida’s Friendliest Hometown (The Villages). My parents took me there on my last visit. They said the restaurant was a place that I would want to blog about it. At first the rebellious inner child that exists in all of us no matter what…

Cooking, Eating, Food

6 Reasons Why You Should Sign-up for a CSA Share

April 15, 2014

Spring is finally hopefully almost here. As we dust off the layers of ice and snow that have plagued most of the country this winter, our farmers are working the fields and anticipating a fruitful growing season. Soon, we will be feasting on juicy tomatoes, ripe watermelons, and sweet cantaloupes. As an alternative to the weekly farmers market grind, consider signing up for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share. With a CSA,…

Blogging, Eating, Food, Travel

What’s In Your 2014?

January 7, 2014

So, I ate pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day. That means my 2014 is going to be amaze-balls, right? Or am I screwed because Keith didn’t bring the black-eyed peas? Last year, I posted a rather entertaining blog to ring in 2013 sharing my 2012 blog year in review. As 2013 wound to an end, I anticipated my yearly WordPress results. I put much dedication into The Wandering Gourmand over the past…

Hobbit Cafe Review

January 3, 2014

Themed restaurants normally only have one thing in common – They suck. The food is a mediocre afterthought and the menu is overpriced. Take Hard Rock Café, Hollywood Planet, or any of the gazillion Jimmy Buffett themed restaurants as an example. All have menus that practically mirror each other with the same sad offerings of processed chicken fingers and soggy quesadillas at high prices. Management is more concerned with selling souvenirs to…

Food

Food for Thought with The Wandering Gourmand

Cooking Miami’s Infamous Chop-Chop and My First Published Article

Chelsea Market in Pictures

Summer Bocktails – Blueberry Blonde Mojito

Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston – Truly the Best in Town

Summer Bocktails – Grapefruit Radler Recipe with Basil

Georgia Ice Cream and Texas Fried Steak at the Cotillion Southern Cafe

What’s In Your 2014?

Hobbit Cafe Review

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