beignets cafe du monde New Orleans

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.…

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.…

Horse-drawn carriage

Fudge, Nature and Poop

Imagine you’re enjoying a relaxing weekend in a quaint Midwestern town that prides itself on keeping with traditions. It’s hard to get to because it’s an island in the middle of the straits separating Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and motorized vehicles have been banned since 1898. To you, this means the kind of peace that only…