Swiss cows

Alpabzug or Désalpe? Swiss cows come home

Every autumn, Swiss cows in their droves leave the high pastures of summer to return to the valleys, collared with bells and with bouquets...
Women cooking pongal over small fires

Celebrating Pongal in Tamil Nadu, India

 “Please join us!” the woman in a gold-trimmed green sari exclaimed, waving a wooden spoon in our direction. Sweet smoke wafted from hundreds of...
Vogel Gryff

In Basel, Switzerland, the antics of Vogel Gryff

A resounding boom from a raft on the Rhine, and the “only in (Klein)basel” ritual known as Vogel Gryff is underway. When Tom and...
FAmily standing near a kolan

Tamil Nadu’s kolam art tradition

One of India’s most distinctive art forms is that of rangoli, in which patterns are created on the floor or the ground using materials...
Grandmother and child

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...
Roasting chestnuts in Ascona

Ascona, Switzerland celebrates the chestnut

I love one-trick food festivals. They bring out my penchant for taking a single food ingredient to levels I would never envision on my...
Sardines on plates

Culinary walks with Taste Porto Food Tours

Touring a new city on foot always brings the place into focus, and a good food tour adds an element I especially enjoy. A...
Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj, India

As the seemingly endless line of saffron-clad men walked past us, many smiled and waved. I lifted my camera just as one of them...
Azores

Sao Miguel and Terceira offer a taste of the Azores

When we began to plan a trip to the Azores, my traveling companion and I were optimistic: of the nine islands, surely, we can...
cuscos

Making and tasting cuscos in Bragança, Portugal

“Keep rolling the dough!” Guilhermina exclaimed. “Faster, in a circle like this,“ she said, leaning over the wooden trough to demonstrate. She paused, wiped...
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