Food for Thought with Where Is Your Toothbrush
What we eat and where we get our food from influences us no matter where we are. While we all need food to survive, there’s much more to it than that. Traditional dishes are undeniably tied to a place’s history and culture. We gain valuable insight into the countries and regions we visit by sampling street […]
Food for Thought with Singapore Foodie
The Food for Thought series explores the complex relationship between food and culture. Traditions, language and environment are all factors that influence the dishes that come to define a place. As we travel, food can open doors. Sharing a meal leads to new friendships, exploring a local market reveals something new to us about the place we’re […]
Cities of the Dead: New Orleans Cemeteries
http://beta.quiet.ly/list/share/7faa0-new-orleans-cemeteries?width=640&height=0&heightAuto=true&showGradient=true&showMapView=true&showAuthor=false&showLogo=true&showListTitle=true&showListDescription=true&showTitles=true&showDescriptions=true&showWeblinks=true&makeClickable=true&sharePage=true&showEmbedCode=true&showIcons=true&embedTheme=dark&titleSize=18&titleType=quietly&descriptionSize=14&descriptionType=quietly&useOriginalImages=false&lastSlide=default&lastSlideMsg=&lastSlideUrl=http: The first things that come to mind when thinking of New Orleans are usually Mardi Gras, drinking to excess on Bourbon Street and maybe Jazz Fest or beignets at Cafe du Monde. These may be part of the experience, but there are some interesting places to explore outside the French Quarter too. New Orleans Cemeteries […]
Food for Thought with Mytanfeet
There is an undeniable connection between a culture and its food. Traditions, heritage, language and environment are all ultimately linked to putting food on the table. Food doesn’t just nourish the body. It creates bonds within communities and between individuals. As we travel we are able to eat traditional dishes, learn to cook with ingredients grown in the […]
Hmongtown Marketplace: SE Asia in Minnesota
Minnesota’s Diversity Minneapolis and St. Paul are much more diverse than we imagined. When we visited a couple of years ago, we learned that Minneapolis has the largest Somali population in the US and the second largest Ethiopian and Vietnamese populations. It turns out that the Hmong population here is the largest outside Laos! The […]
Food for Thought with Heart of a Vagabond
The Food for Thought series explores the intricate relationship between food and culture as seen through the eyes of travelers. As we travel, visiting a local market, sharing a meal, or learning to cook with new ingredients are great ways to get to know a new destination. We forge new relationships, and make new friends based on […]
Oysters: Quest for the Best
It’s been about two years since we’ve visited The Big Easy. For me, the absolute first thing I think of when New Orleans is mentioned is oysters. I’ve been to NOLA twice and both times it’s been for work, so free time has been very limited. For our third visit, guess what, we are once again […]
Food for Thought with Stunning Visits
This week marks the 30th installment in our Food for Thought interview series! Through each interview, we aim to discover more about other travelers’ journeys and the role food plays. We all have some relationship with food. It defines us and it indisputably plays a role in defining the cultures we visit. In our own travels, we’ve found ourselves focusing […]
Food for Thought with ParTASTE
Food is a basic human need. We need to eat to survive. As such, food is an integral part of the human experience. Our relationship with food is often complicated. At the same time, it is most basic. As travelers, food is key to understanding a new destination. Sharing a meal, learning a traditional recipe, or cooking […]
5 Hours in San Francisco
http://beta.quiet.ly/list/share/12631-what-you-can-do-with-5-hours-in-san-francisco?width=800&height=0&showGradient=true&showMapView=true&showAuthor=false&showLogo=true&showListTitle=true&showListDescription=true&showTitles=true&showDescriptions=true&showWeblinks=true&makeClickable=true&sharePage=true&showIcons=true&embedTheme=dark&titleSize=18&titleType=quietly&descriptionSize=14&descriptionType=quietly&useOriginalImages=false&lastSlide=recommended&lastSlideMsg=&lastSlideUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fturtlestravel Visiting San Fancisco, but short on time? That’s the situation we found ourselves in recently. It had been a few years since we’d been to San Francisco, and even longer since we’d done any of the classic, must-do’s downtown. We stayed in South San Francisco’s Oyster Point, not far from the San Francisco airport. Though we’d […]