Madrid makes some mean Tapas and one of the best are the mushrooms stuffed with chorizo, lemon, parsley and garlic. Super easy and tasty for a tapas party. This recipe is inspired by the best, Meson del Champinion in Madrid. 1 pint button mushrooms – washed, caps removed, reserved, and chopped 1 link of hot chorizo –…
Buddy Bears Berlin
These bears can be seen all over the city and represent auctions that benefit various foundations for children around Berlin and the region since 2001. Check out Buddy Bears Berlin for more information.
Volubilus – Roman Ruins In Morocco
This Berber city was the end of the road south for the Roman Empire. Volubilus was considered the capital of the Mauritania empire and major olive growing region. It was started in the 3rd century BC and grew rapidly during the 1st century AD. Many public olive presses remain onsite. The olives and oils were…
Toledo, Spain
This charming alcazar is about a 30 minute train ride from Madrid Toledo is purposefully laid out like a typical Muslim maze on a steep incline to confuse would-be invaders. It has changed hands many times during the crusades, shifting between Moorish and Christian hands. It was famous for its metalworking processes making some of the…
Tapas
Spanish culture has an incredible eating style involving a food, beer and wine crawl that consists of eating small bites at each bar along with your drink. Everybody loves tapas and its exciting to see what you will be served at each bar! Typically, the more you order the better the tapas, or for each…
Cao Cao – Berlin Vietnamese Lunch *****
Cao Cao – Charlottenburg Berlin – Brilliantly named its Charlottenburg district restaurant in the namesake of a Chinese warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty who rose to great power in the final years of the dynasty. Like him they successfully slay these Vietnamese classics and consistently express the flair and authenticity each…
Atlas Ouarzazate Studio, Morocco
Atlas studio sits just outside the city of Ouarzazate and is home the production lots used to make many of the desert films scenes in films seen today. Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars, ( in 1977), as well as Gladiator, Game of Thrones and The Mummy among others were made in part on these…
Bavarian Sauerkraut
This dish is a German staple and goes with everything you could imagine, especially if its a potato or sausage. Bavarian sauerkraut may sound like a complex dish but with a handful of cabinet staples and a few minutes time you can whip up a batch for the gang and eat like a baron. Its…
Iceland – The Blue Lagoon
This iconic, and expensive, spa offers guests a silica mud mask, fruit juice or alcoholic beverage of choice, along with wet and dry saunas, and of course, the many amazingly milky, blue outdoor thermal pools set beside steaming volcanic backdrops. You can even get a floating massage in a semi private thermal pool there. It…
Preserved Lemons – Recipe
Preserved lemons are common in Moroccan cuisine and in the nomadic culture of the Sahara. They are amazing, let me show you why! Preserved lemons bring out the natural flavor of the ingredient being used and the salt curing the lemon kind of removes the citric notes of the lemon to make act as more…
Journey Into Cuisine 