I couldn’t believe the news on the morning of June 8th. Anthony Bourdain was dead. I had a meeting with a friend when I saw it all over my Facebook feed so I couldn’t quite fully process it beyond the immediate shock. But afterwards, when I saw the outpouring of love on social media, it […]
If you’re a foodie who loves to eat real local food when you travel, Southeast Asia can be quite the challenge. It’s difficult to know sometimes if what you’re eating is truly an authentic, real local food dish or some highly processed version of it that’s watered down for tourists. I’ve spent over a […]
One of the great joys of traveling is experiencing a cuisine and a food culture completely different from your own. This is one of the many reasons I love to travel. Although I’ve only been in Cambodia for a short time I’ve immersed myself in the culture of Cambodian food as much as possible. I […]
Yes, I’m really going to eat a tarantula (and a few insects). Now DON’T scan down to the video yet. Let me first tell you why I ate a tarantula and why this is a fairy common thing here in Cambodia. Eating tarantulas (and other spiders) is actually not a traditional practice in Cambodia. It became widespread […]
It never ceases to amaze me how few Americans travel to Thailand. I recently returned from my second trip to Thailand and of the millions of westerners that travel there every year I’d estimate that maybe 2-3% are from America. By far, the majority of westerners are European and my god do they come in droves! […]
This past weekend I gave a talk at the annual Nutritional Therapy Conference in Portland, OR about Asian bone broth. In particular I focused on four lessons that Asian bone broth (and soups) can teach us in the west. You see, bone broth is SUPER trendy right now. Most of us have lost touch with what […]
Sawatdee krap (Thai for ‘hello’) from Thailand! I’ve been here in Bangkok for 5 days and before I head south to the world famous tropical beaches, I wanted to take you on a photogenic journey of my food adventures. I was actually in Thailand 15 years ago and though I loved the food, it wasn’t […]
In my last post, I shared a passage (and recipe) from my new book, Fearless Broths and Soups, which was about my love of mohinga, a traditional Burmese noodle soup that I became addicted to when I traveled to Burma back in 2007. And yes, that’s me in the above pic which was taken at […]
For me, it all started with mohinga back in 2007. That’s me in that pic, joyously slurping down a bowl somewhere in Burma. Although I didn’t know it at the time, it would inspire me to write my latest book, Fearless Broths and Soups: Ditch the Boxes and Cans with 60 Simple Recipes for Real People […]