Zucchini Blossoms à la Provençale
The secret to having the best summer experience in Provence or the Luberon is to wake up early. Not only do you treat yourself to one of the best sunrises in Europe, you also get to sip your hot coffee and tear apart your warm croissant while it is still almost chilly outside. We sneak […]
C’est l’heure de l’Apero
A summer’s day in France is never complete without an evening Apéro and there is nothing more quintessentially Provençal than a pre-dinner Pastis. With the sun working overtime in July and August, it is not unusual to go to a late dinner just as the skies turn a bright tangerine orange and by the time the […]
Provence Lavender Lemon Shortbread
If you asked me to close my eyes and think about summers in Provence, I would first tell you what I hear. There is a constant buzzing, the cicadas have worked themselves up into a frenzy, the bees are excited by all the sweet melons and peaches on the table, there is laughter of young […]
Lake Tekapo Salmon Frittata
New Zealand’s landscape is crisp. Crisp as a cracker and pops like poppadoms. On good days, the air seems to be filterless, so clean that if you look through the lens of a camera it looks like the contrast settings have already been raked up high. Everything is clearer, the outlines sharper and you can […]
Abel Tasman Mussels Spaghetti
I could taste the salt on my lips, feel the flecks of dry ocean on my skin as the waves rolled in. They had told us to be careful, Cyclone Pam had just hit Vanuatu and the consequences were threatening to approach the northern shores of New Zealand’s South Island. But it was now or […]
General Luna’s Kinilaw
There is ceviche and there is kinilaw (sounds like kee-nee-lao). There is Boracay and there is Siargao. Chances are you’ve definitely heard of ceviche and if you are interested in the Philippines, you’ve probably heard of the beaches of Boracay too, but perhaps you have never heard of kinilaw yet or indeed, the island of […]
The Coffeehouses of Hanoi
The main streets of Hanoi revolve around speed. The large arteries clogged with traffic and action somehow ebb and flow with a dizzying lightness, a blur of motorcycles, rickshaws and pedestrians zooming around in between. The smaller veins are still calm, occasionally a cyclist passes by and in the small park on the corner, men […]
Hanoi Rooftop Nem Ran
It is easy to be consumed by Hanoi. The hysterical ballet of endless motorcycles constantly threatens to knock you over, yet somehow never does. Instead they flow in a kind of hypnotic harmony without the aid of any traffic lights or commands, cutting seamlessly into each other as if they were riding to a soundtrack […]
It’s a Banh Eat Banh World
Vietnam. The hot belly, the fiery stomach, the Mecca of street food. The place to walk down an alley, follow your nose, pick a dish and pull up a red plastic stool. Squat with your knees bent at your waist and dig in. Street food does not require a guide. It is an independent and […]
The Sticky Rice Club
My name is Gabriella and I’m a sticky-rice-aholic. In fact since leaving Laos, I think I am suffering from a serious case of withdrawal. It is a relationship that is pure. No fancy contraption is needed, no spoon, fork or chopstick, just you and your ball of sticky rice. Some people prefer the simple bowl […]
