The book is Serve the People and it is sub-titled A Stir Fried Journey Through China but neither of these does it full justice. It is about Chinese food and cooking but it’s also a travel book that offers fascinating glimpses of life in China AND it contains recipes. It succeeds at many levels and [...]
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A Book About China That You Will Really Savor
Posted in Asia, Food, Life, Travel on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
American Tourists… Not the Best in the World
Posted in Observations, Travel on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The online travel company Expedia.com has released the results of it’s first ever Global Best Tourist Survey and guess what ? Americans are not the best tourists in the world. In fact, they are not even in the top ten.
In conducting this poll, 4,000 hoteliers from all over the world were asked to rate tourists from 31 [...]
The Fading Charm of Travel
Posted in Observations, Thoughts, Travel on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I love to travel and I’ve done a fair bit of it. Over the years I’ve been fortunate in having traveled toseveral places including Japan, China, Jamaica, Hawaii , Switzerland, Italy, England, Spain, and several islands in the West Indies. Most people , when they retire, say that they will travel more and I was no exception. However, [...]
A Very Fortunate Turn of Events
Posted in Life, Travel on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past spring,a group of American tourists was sightseeing in Paris. They were travelling on the Metro when a group of kids , in school uniforms, got on. Shortly afterwards, my friend who was one of the group , felt a little hand on the moneybelt that he had around his waist . He held tight to the money [...]
A Native American Lunch at the Museum
Posted in American Scene, Food, Travel on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I visit Washington D.C I try to visit some it’s wonderful museums. Usually, I am showing first tlme visitors around the city and wind up going to the same museums over and over again– Air & Space, Natural History etc. This time I was on my own and , at my daughter’s suggestion , [...]
The Year of Eating Dangerously…Engrossing, Amusing Read
Posted in Asia, Culture, Food, Travel, books on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The sub-title of this book is ” A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes” and it’s an apt description of it’s contents.Tom Parker Bowles, a British food journalist,decided to investigate foods that are considered odd, taboo or disgusting and embarked on a year long odyssey to do so. This book is an account of [...]
An Irish Pub in Rahway, N.J
Posted in Daily Life, Food, Travel on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After our recent sojourn in India we have grown a little tired of Indian food. So, when Sue suggested a pub lunch in Rahway we jumped at the idea.
Rahway, the town next to Edison, has undergone considerable change over the last two or three years. It used to be a rundown place with dimly lit [...]
The Cunard Ocean Liners– the Queens of the Sea
Posted in Life, Random, Thoughts, Travel on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My fascination with ocean liners began early. When I was a boy, I devoured Captain of the Queens by Captain ( later Commodore) Harry Grattidge and was enthralled. It was the biography of a man who had captained both the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth , which in their time had held the Blue Riband for the [...]
Is the Caribbean Over-rated ?
Posted in Life, Observations, Random, Thoughts, Travel on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chuck Thompson’s book ” Smile when you’re lying” is sub-titled ” Confessions of a rogue travel writer” and it is an apt description . In his book, Thompson tells us what he really feels about some of the places he has been to. The chapters have titles like “Canned Hams, Kendo Beatdowns and the Penis Olympics [...]
Veg or Non- veg ?
Posted in Culture, Daily Life, Food, Observations, Thoughts, Travel on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have just returned from a trip to India. On the flight back to the U.S , lunch was being served and the stewardess asked us ” Veg or Non – Veg ?”
My usual answer would have been ” Non-Veg” but this time , without conscious thought, I answered ” Veg”.
A trip to India ,(or [...]
