Eating Vegetarian Abroad

Vietnamese Floating Market, Mekong Delta

“No Problem, I’m Cooking Chicken” While I am at home in States, I don’t struggle to find delicious vegetarian food.  Restaurants that cater only to vegetarians are opening across the county, and there are a plethora of veggie friendly cuisines like Thai or Indian, but traveling can be a bit more difficult. My first adventure [...]

Open your mind and take a bite: Vegetarianism

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A few years ago I got to thinking ‘Just where does all the food I eat come from’. The easy answer was a farm. But then I started to read more about the food industry in the US and in the developed world in general. That’s when I realized that not only is my food [...]

Traveler’s Guide to Food & Nutrition

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As the saying goes, health is wealth and without it life can be pretty rough.  As you can imagine, traveling around the world presented some significant obstacles to staying healthy and eating a balanced diet.  Besides exposure to disease and limited medical resources, we also had to take into account the availability of fruits and [...]

Foodie Friday: Thai Cooking Class

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A guy we met in Turkey asked me what my international food personality was.  Without a single missed beat I responded Asian, specifically Thai.  I absolutely adore Thai food, in fact it was a Thai restaurant that Danny took me to on our first date.  So it’s been a long history between Thai food and [...]