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A Very Vegetarian Spanish New Year’s Eve (With Recipes)

I wasn’t a vegetarian in 2005 when I lived in Barcelona, though I now accredit many of my eating habits to my ability to cook diverse flavors (which was learned mostly in Spain).  While not impossible, being a vegetarian in Spain is difficult and not very popular.  One would be hard-pressed to find a meal [...]

Twelve Lucky Grapes: A Spanish New Year Tradition

I live not far from Disneyland and can conveniently view the fireworks show any night from my parking garage.  Something about a low-key dinner at home followed by a special NYE fireworks show simply rang my New Year’s bell.  Curtis planned and executed an extraordinary menu, catering to a Spanish theme inspired by 1080 Recipes by Simone [...]

African Slave History (video) and Ghanian Recipe

Never in my wildest dreams did I believe I would be lucky enough travel to Africa. Thanks to a great friend in the airline industry, I got an opportunity that I could not pass up. I went to Ghana in September of 2010. Armed with a Flip video cam, we spent about 5 days in [...]

A Vegetary Lapse of Reason

I do not eat meat.  For all intents and purposes, I am a vegetarian. However, you will rarely hear me utter the word.  With all of the different kinds of vegetarians out there, I find it funny how this term supposedly indicates more about me than what I use to nourish my body:  boring, environmental, [...]