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Meghan and Prem have moved on. You can now find Meghan writing at Small Bag Big Appetite, and Prem at Disquiet. Thank you for being with us on our journeys!

Dosas being prepped on the streets of Thane, Bombay

Breakfast in India

January 31, 2016

The vocabulary, once foreign to me, is now becoming more comfortable, as these types of words often do. They conjure up feelings of hunger, satisfaction and familiarity. They represent family, community and tradition. ..

They are the foods that Prem grew up eating for breakfast and I now crave and find comfort in, alongside him, with each trip to his home country, India. 

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In travel highlights Tags travel, food, breakfast, india, dosa, idli, chutney, sambar, vade, brahmin's, masala dosa, vidyarthi bhaven, puttu, kadala, cooking, bangalore, kerala
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Nik is an easily amused man

Maker: Nik Orosi, Barista, Roaster and Owner, Eli's Caffe, Zagreb, Croatia

January 19, 2016

Meet my friend Nik Orosi, raconteur, funny guy, often times crazy...

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In maker series Tags maker series, travel, croatia, nik orosi, barista, interview, maker, coffee, coffee shop, coffee roaster, eli's caffe, zagreb
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Sankar Lal Patel

Chai

January 12, 2016

In a dense, populous city like Bombay you don’t need to go very far for good chai. My favorite chai in the world is the chai I can find in my neighborhood, and it happens to be pretty damned good...

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In travel highlights Tags travel, food, india, chai, bombay, tea, breakfast, thane, sankar lal patel, masala chai, kerala, thattukada, mumbai
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Priska outside Dubravkin put

Maker: Priska Thuring, Head Chef, Dubravkin put, Zagreb, Croatia

December 31, 2015

Priska Thuring is the talented Swiss-Canadian chef of beautiful Dubravkin put in Zagreb in her adopted home country of Croatia. It was a pleasure hanging out with her and eating her wonderful food.

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In maker series Tags maker series, travel, croatia, maker, interview, chef, zagreb, priska thuring, restaurant, food, dubravkin put
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Sporadic Bursts of Instant Gratification (or, The Most Memorable Bites of the Year), 2015 edition

December 28, 2015

I enjoyed recapping my most memorable eats of 2014, and to start a new tradition, I've looked back at this past year to once again record them...

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In travel highlights Tags food, travel, proust, idli, brahmin's, bangalore, india, garam doodh, bhajanlal dairy farm, bombay, l'air de temps, eghezee, belgium, terrine, rockpool, sydney, australia, francois pralus, chocolate, tobago estate, bread, brae, birregurra, victoria, duck, uni, momofuku ko, new york city, pump street bakery, grenada, crayfish bay estate, dalencay, cheese, linden dale farms, lancaster, pennsylvania, sonora beef, casa virginia, mexico city, mexico, mole, pujol, congee, sang kee, hong kong, goose, yat lok, mango, granadilla, bogota, colombia, foie gras, the modern, sai-ua, chiang mai, tartine, sole, duck liver, amsterdam, bord'eau, paan, singapore, fish ball noodle soup, tiong bahru, zagreb, broccoli rabe, sausage, croatia, miyazaki, wagyu, kokage, eggs, slow-scrambled, prosciutto di parma, bacon, usa, the netherlands
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