Guys, I am in food heaven. I spent over a week in Ubud, and the entire time I was in pure foodie bliss. There is so much amazing food in Ubud that I often couldn’t decide where I want to have lunch or dinner! What are the best restaurants in Ubud? What’s the best food…
Category: tastebuds
five cups of coffee in melbourne
This really ought to be titled five hundred cups of coffee in Melbourne, but I’ll try to narrow it down. I spent quite a bit of time tracking down cafes in Melbourne. And, honestly, that is no small feat. Melburnians looooovvveeeeee their barista-made coffee so it seems like there is always something popping up. Plenty…
travel trends: new zealand vineyards
Hey wine-lovers! This is a story for you! I realised I haven’t written anything about wine in New Zealand and holy crap that’s shocking because I have tried probably most wines from this incredible country. Alright, maybe not quite… but I’ve tried wine from every region and its all bloody good. In this post, I…
tastebuds: kinloch lodge
Back over my birthday weekend, when I was drifting aimlessly through Central Otago with nothing concrete planned, I ended up at Kinloch Lodge, out on the edges of Lake Wakatipu, an hour and a half from Queenstown, down a gravel road near Paradise. I spent a few days here, hiking, enjoying the spa, chatting with…
five cups of coffee in dunedin
Coffee. Pretty much the only thing that keeps me going during the day… luckily for me, I tend to be attracted to cities where good coffee goes hand in hand with creativity, good beer, and good wine. Cities like Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Wellington, New Zealand; Glasgow, Scotland; Melbourne, Australia; Boston, Massachusetts. No surprise, then,…
tastebuds: travel hacks
last may, while i was in reykjavik, i decided to go for a long walk along the harbour and then head to a grocery store to pick up dinner-making supplies. stupidly, i had not looked in the kitchen to see what they had in the way of cooking utensils. so i wandered through the…
tastebuds: ricotta and spinach stuffed chicken
i’ve done two versions of stuffed chicken over the last few months and both versions have turned out awesome. this version comes from a pinch of yum, and as always, modified by me, because that’s just what i do. i can’t tell you the last time i followed a recipe to a tee. oops. (oh,…
tastebuds: homemade pesto mac n cheese
one of the foods i love the most is mac and cheese, but since i’m lactose intolerant, it’s hard to find it at a restaurant, and i can’t do the kraft stuff – even though it’s totally a flashback to childhood. so, i’ve started making it with goat cheese and goat milk – and while…
tastebuds: tzatziki sauce with falafel pitas
i’ve been wanting to make falafel pitas for a long time. i love them and i love the tangy taste of tzatziki sauce. i think you can do some many things with falafel: pair with lamb, to have as part of a spinach salad and cous cous; have as part of a smorgasbord of food,…
tastebuds: seared tuna and artichoke pasta
{finnegan approved} i made this up, on the fly, last week and it was DELICIOUS. i was wandering the grocery store post work, post gym, and i saw two little yellowfin tuna steaks sitting pretty in the fresh fish window. cue me asking the guy for the larger of the two and imaging what i…