When world travelers talk about Toronto they talk about hockey or catching a Jay’s game. They don’t mention an extremely overcrowded sweaty city with an undercurrent of social unrest building in the eves. There are not many things I miss from our adventures over two weeks in Toronto, Ontario. (I mean besides besides my boyfriend’s …
I must be the only nutwalla in Big Bear Lake California! In all of my adventures around the Big Bear Valley, I have never run into another ethnic seller of nuts. I’m also lucky enough to be the Big Bear Valley’s only hiking guide and outdoor Jeep adventure guide. Life is good when you are …
Here we are sneaking into 2024 at last and just what the hell is wrong with my body this year? According to a recent check-up, yup, now I’m anemic on top of all my other woes. January is always the time of the year to make New Year’s resolutions; As in eating more iron-rich liver. …
A typical day for me finds me out trekking trails with my puppy all morning. Then I have to rush home and get in the kitchen and start grinding spices. Homemade Curry Powder does not make itself! And how can I possibly create the best curries in Southern California without my own home dry roast …
When it comes to travels to India nothing can ever be easy. So why should creating an authentic Indian meal here at home in the United States be effortless? Any thirty-minute recipe food blogger can throw together an “Indian Burger” with store-bought curry powder Rachael Ray circa the year 2000 style. I guess that is …