Carnival of Cities for 30 December 2009 – From New York to Nairobi

Carnival of Cities - A blog carnival about cities and towns

Happy new year! I am delighted to be hosting the Carnival of Cities this week. What a great round-up of interesting posts about cities around the world. To all the participating bloggers, thank you and don’t forget to promote this post! Please note, the Carnival of Cities is a blog carnival for posts about any [...]

Thai food at the Buddhist Temple in Berkeley

Could the Thai food at the Buddhist temple be Berkeley’s worst-kept secret? If the day I went is typical then I would say so – the place was rammed with people from all over the Bay Area. People weren’t just seated at the tables but spilling out on to the street and picnicking on the [...]

Best of the web: From rose petal sorbet to Thai restaurants in London

* Lydia from The Perfect Pantry presents the vanilla bean and shares a delicious looking pear and vanilla recipe. I’m loving the series – earlier it was rose petal risotto, which sounds amazing! * Antonia from Food, Glorious Food serves up chicken with ginger marmalade. It sounds great… though I think it would be even [...]

Carnival of Cities: From Thai in Vermont to Chai in Dubai

I’m pleased to be hosting the Carnival of Cities on The Gooseberry Fool for the first time. Since this is a food blog, I was especially keen for posts with a culinary connection and I wasn’t disappointed. I hope you enjoy this week’s menu. * Gray at SoloFriendly on great Thai restaurants in her hometown [...]

My month as Phileas Fogg

I didn’t need 80 days to travel around the world but the last month still feels pretty epic. Since leaving London in early March, I have been to eight countries on four continents. First stop was Australia, where I spent a couple of weeks visiting friends and family in and around Sydney and Brisbane. I [...]

Around the world in 80 tastes

With my Phileas Fogg cap on, I have hit the road for a month. It’s a mammoth world trip, combining Australia, Nicaragua, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand. Nicaragua was obviously a detour but it’s for work so a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do! All this has left me with plenty to [...]

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