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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...
Cooking Portuguese in a townhouse kitchen
From the moment we knocked on the townhouse door, we knew we were in for something special. Welcomed into the reception area-cum-shop, we had...
CULTURE
Educating girls in Solukhumbu, Nepal
The young girl appeared as if in a dream, walking uphill through dense fog. She stopped to watch as our group made its slow...
Genius! Bologna’s Genus Bononiae
In a city known for magnificent architecture, Bologna’s Genus Bononiae: Museums in the City takes renovation and re-purposing of historic buildings for public use...
