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Canada
Featured
History
Life
Michigan
Travel
Upper Peninsula, Canada
The Constant Epicurean. Episode 88, The Twin Sister Cities of Sault Ste Marie. In this edition, we cross the border into Canada, explore a local market, and learn about the sister cities.
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The Twin Sister Cities Of Sault Ste. Marie
Food
Isla Mujeres
Life
Mexico
Travel
Playa Centro and Taqueria Erika
After a couple of intense days of exploration and adventure it was time to slow things down. We were, after all, in paradise and it seemed a waste to rush it all away. We slowly got ourselves up, in no hurry to do anything, as all of our scheduled events had been fulfilled.… continue reading Read More
Chapultepec
Food
Life
Mexico
Mexico City
Puebla Nuevo
San Guillermo
Travel
Oh, how I go back to the place I was first lost.
Mexico has such a potent presence in my psyche. She was the first place I saw a structure thousands of years old, the first place I lost myself in a world completely foreign from my own, the first time I walked the streets of a city with 32 million inhabitants where the majority were impoverished.… continue reading Read More
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Isla Mujeres
Life
Mexico
Travel
Isla Mujeres – Woman Island
Many years ago, when I was the Chef at Sala in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta. I had a bartender who worked for me named Rafael Barragán. We called him Sapo (frog). Because his weathered face and mushy features in his 60’s, gave him this undeniable resemblance to said creature.… continue reading Read More
Georgia
History
Life
Travel
It was 5:30 in the morning when my alarm clock belted out its revelry to wake and rise on this chilly early spring morning of March 28th, 2019. I arose at this earliest of hours not for work or pleasure, but to experience and be a part of a monumental moment in not only the life of Love Joy United Methodist church, but also in the life of my youngest daughter.… continue reading
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A Capital Morning.
Food
Hai Long Bay
Hanoi
History
Life
Travel
Vietnam
I awoke early as the sun had not risen yet. We had to get on a bus pretty early, and I was going to prepare our breakfast. I found some bacon at the grocery store and made Diem and me a more traditional American breakfast.… continue reading
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