L June 19, 2013Categories Beirut Food Culture Travel Diary Lessons in Lebanese Wines with Salim Heleiwa I met Mr Heleiwa slightly more than a year ago during my first visit to Zabad. Those of you who are readers of the blog..
G June 11, 2013Categories Beirut Eating out Travel Diary Grilled Fish for Breakfast – The Sour Edition I was recently invited by friends of mine to spend the weekend in Sour. It was their beautiful daughter’s birthday and a good excuse to..
W March 21, 2013Categories Beirut Eating out Food Culture What to Think of Luxury Cinemas? Last week I was invited to the opening of Empire Cinema’s new Empire Premiere experience in the completely revamped Sodeco Cinemas. All I knew about..
W March 3, 2013Categories Beirut Eating out Travel Diary Where to Eat Vegan in Beirut This week, I am having dinner with a college friend I haven’t seen in a while. While trying to pick a restaurant in Beirut that..
5 February 22, 2013Categories Books Paris Travel Diary 5 Cookbooks to Start a New Life in Paris When I was a kid, my mother’s cookbooks were a thing of wonder. She was always a very adventurous cook and she piled up copies..
D February 3, 2013Categories Beirut Books Cities Eating out Montreal Paris Travel Diary Ditch your Guidebooks: 4 Steps to Eating Like a Local in a New City If like me you organize your trips around where and what you are going to eat then you may agree that the old (insert name..
I January 9, 2013Categories Beirut Food Culture Travel Diary In Defense of Hunting – A Hunter’s Perspective [blockbox]This post is by a friend of the blogger. It does not represent the views of this blog. [/blockbox] For some it’s a recreational activity..
T November 20, 2012Categories Food Culture Montreal Turduckens, Cockentrices and Helmeted Cocks | Imaginative beasts So it’s thanksgiving and every food blog on the planet is dishing out juicy turkey and sweet potato pie recipes, so I decided to pitch..
I November 4, 2012Categories Food Culture Paris IKEA | The evil layout Recently, my collegues and I went to IKEA from some serious dose of adult fun. Because lets face it, no matter how many times we’ve..
H October 15, 2012Categories Eating out Paris Travel Diary Hyotan | Fancy some Tokyo in Paris? After watching Jiro Dreams of Sushi this week, you can imagine I walked out with an intense craving for some really good sushi in an..