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 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..
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..
J October 14, 2012Categories Beirut Eating out Food Culture Paris Travel Diary Jiro Dreams of Sushi 85 year old, Jiro Ono, runs Sukiyabashi Jiro, a tiny ten seat sushi restaurant in a tokyo metro station, who just happens to be regarded..
M October 11, 2012Categories Beirut Family Recipe Book Food Culture Montreal Paris Travel Diary Moving out of Lebanon? Here’s a checklist of food to take with you Lovingly illustrated by my dear friend Suzanne Anhoury. I’d love to hear from you guys on the tastes you miss the most, and the items..
U August 15, 2012Categories Beirut Eating out Travel Diary Urbanista | Hipster heaven I discovered Urbanista on a week when I had to spend 12 hours a day sitting in front of my laptop working away at my..
