03 Apr 2025

Tag: Food blog

Cuban food

Garden to Table | Cuban Style 

“El Jardin del los Milagros” Paladar translates to The Garden of the Miracles and is an oasis in Havana. The family home was converted into a restaurant after they closed their construction company in 2011 when economic turmoil hit Cuba. Yamila, one of the daughters,...
Cuban food

5 Sentidos | A hidden gem in old Havana 

I recently returned from Havana, Cuba, after spending a long weekend as part of the Road Scholars tour group. They organize a very busy schedule but offer free time for a dinner, at your restaurant choice, on Friday night. After researching restaurants in Havana, I...
An Ex Pat Returns, Classics

Healthy, Tasty and Lucky Black Moss 

Years ago, Hong Kong was a welcome stop on my solo trip around the world videoing cooking schools. Chopsticks Cooking Centre in Kowloon, on the Chinese mainland and a ferry ride over from Hong Kong, was the school scheduled for a shoot. Cecilia Jennie Au-Yang,...
An Ex Pat Returns, Classics

35,000 Tons of Happiness 

That’s 70,000 pounds of world-famous, award-winning Sponge Candy produced by Watson’s Chocolates every year. This western New York confectioner started production in 1946 when two brothers and their wives started making chocolates in their soda fountain storefront outside of Buffalo. As word got out about...
An Ex Pat Returns, Classics

My Love Affair with Seckel Pears 

It all began when I was growing up. My parents owned property on Canandaigua Lake which had orchards bordering their land. The private road, and I mean a very rough, curvy, sloping gravel road would pass through orchards of Seckel pears where we’d pick bucketfuls....

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