a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in cookery, cooking, dining out, food, food & travel, recipe, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating on Dec 10th, 2009
I decided on my last day in Japan to retire from food blogging. I’ve been blogging intensively for over two years and have reached the point where I’m mentally very tired and would like to do something different. I have loved writing about food, sharing my eating experiences and most of all learning from readers, [...]
Posted in dining out, food, food & travel, Japan, Japanese, restaurant review, restaurants, Tokyo, travel, travel tips, traveleating on Dec 6th, 2009
We spent six days in Tokyo between various trips to Kyoto (see Kyoto Tales), Numazu and visiting the Jigokudani snow monkeys in the Japan Alps (see Snow Monkeys & Soba Noodles). As this was my fifth time in Tokyo, I chose to concentrate on my favourite places, as well as visit a few areas new [...]
Posted in dining out, food, food & travel, Japan, Japanese, Kyoto, noodles, restaurant review, restaurants, sushi, travel, travel tips, traveleating, vegetarian on Nov 29th, 2009
After travelling to see the Jigokudani snow monkeys (see Snow Monkeys and Soba Noodles) in the Japan Alps, we returned to Yokohama to repack our bags before leaving early the next morning for Kyoto, Japan’s old imperial capital. Planning the three days was harder than I thought. I had to drop many of the items [...]
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, Japan, Japanese, noodles, Tokyo, travel, travel tips, traveleating, vegetarian on Nov 23rd, 2009
This short trip from Tokyo to Yamanouchi town in Nagano prefecture, the Japan Alps was the first section of the two week trip to Japan that I planned. The husband had a yearning to see the Jigokudani snow monkeys (wild Japanese macaques) that keep warm in the freezing winter months by bathing in their own [...]
Posted in cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, recipe, traveleating on Nov 16th, 2009
Before I even laid eyes on Jane Lawson’s Spice Market, I knew it was my type of book. And when I finally leafed through the 450 pages, my instincts were confirmed. Apart from offering 250 recipes, the book is a comprehensive guide on the history and culinary uses of over 40 spices from around the [...]
