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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
Deliciously local in West Lisbon
Lisbon's breadbasket is in its western reaches, in the hills and valleys that cradle the Tagus above the capitol and tumble westward in fertile...
Évora’s Cathedral Square: an Alentejo “starter kit”
There is plenty to see in Portugal’s largest province, and my husband and I have spent the past week exploring its nooks and crannies....
CULTURE
Trust me—Switzerland’s honor system
Self-service flower gardens represent an aspect of living in Switzerland that still enchants me after twelve years.
Ever since I moved here, I’ve been a...
Tangia or tanjia—either way, it’s Moroccan pot roast
Sunday dinners after church were wonderfully predictable when I was a kid: if it was Sunday, it must be pot roast. The meat seared...
