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Savoring the Scents in New Orleans

You’re in New Orleans. Close your eyes and take a slow, deep breath. Allow yourself to succumb to the desire to greedily inhale the intoxicating aromas over and over again. Take notice of how relaxed and completely content you feel while a wide-toothed grin creeps across your face. Except if you are on Bourbon Street.…

Poll: Reduce, Reuse, Rebread?

Recycling is a great idea, but when it comes to food, I’m not so sure. By that, I mean food that another person has touched. Let me explain… Although the Atkins and South Beach diets helped to effectively diminish the trend of U.S. restaurants automatically providing clients with a bread basket before their meal, the practice…

J.J. Watt

Christmas Wish List

I don’t want a lot for Christmas, but the few things on my list might present a bit of a challenge in obtaining. The items are worth the effort and several of them benefit many others besides myself. Here’s a peek at what’s on my wish list: 1. A Holly Jolly Burrito — A meal at Chipotle…

Making trdelnik in Prague

Discovering “Czech Churros”

Disclaimer: the food featured in this post is NOT actually called a Czech churro, it’s called trdelnik. In fact, the only thing about this sweet pastry that resembles a churro is the delicious cinnamon-sugar exterior coating. But guess what? I can actually pronounce churro and I cannot pronounce trdelnik. Believe me, I tried and it’s not pronounced like the word looks.…