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Minho “heart and soul” in Ponte de Lima, Portugal
The Lima valley, in Portugal's northern Minho region, with its ancient towns and Romanesque churches, takes a traveler on a meandering route from the...
In Central Asia, sit down to dinner, Uzbek style
In Uzbekistan, my travel companions and I were welcomed to the table three times a day, and very often to a spread of Uzbek...
AT HOME IN PORTUGAL
In Porto, Portugal, a world of flavor from our pandemic kitchen
Over the past many months, as Tom and I have reminisced about our travels, rather than actually traveling, food memories—and food making—were a constant...
In Porto, Portugal: our year in place
When, at the beginning of February 2020, Tom and I marked 10 years of Anita’s Feast with what at the time seemed to be...
CULTURE
A Moroccan gift of ‘beldi’
Soon after my arrival in Fez last month, I came down with a nasty summer cold. A medina friend came to the rescue, concerned...
Barcelona rocks its street art — then and now
Catalans have been inscribing, etching and painting their sentiments onto walls in Barcelona for a very long time. A recent street art walk with...
