“Just the Juice” – a Cuenca Street Food Tale
June 14th, 2025
I always admire a bit of entrepreneurial ingenuity among the locals in my beloved adopted home here in Cuenca, Ecuador. And street food has long been my personal jam
Browsing the "Eatn" Category
A Taste of India… in CUENCA!
April 30th, 2025
S’been awhile since I pecked a post on what-all social doings I’ve been enjoying here in my (still beloved!) Cuenca, [&hellip
Thanksgiving Tasting Menu at Casa Dyannita
November 26th, 2023
‘Tis (once again) the season. And for those of us who hail from the U.S. of A. – it all [&hellip
Haute Cuisine in Cuenca
October 8th, 2018
Goodness, but this little ol’ cobbled-street (and fabulously beautiful!) town perched atop an 8,000+ foot Andean mountain in Ecuador – [&hellip
Recipes, Recipes, Recipes: Venezuelan Arepas
August 19th, 2018
It’s been a good while since I added a new recipe to my TravelnLass “Recipes” corner (did you notice it, [&hellip
Mystery Dinner in Cuenca!
July 27th, 2018
They’re known variously as supper clubs, secret suppers, closed-door or underground restaurants. Especially popular in Buenos Aires (where they’re dubbed [&hellip
An Expat Munchies Crisis
May 20th, 2018
I suspect I’m not alone in occasionally suffering from a sudden, insatiable craving for some stray food – be it [&hellip
Recipes, Recipes, Recipes: “Ají de Tomate de Arbol”
November 12th, 2017
Clearly my $200 lunch at Central Restaurant in Lima, Peru did nothing to diminish my foodie ardor. Indeed, if anything [&hellip
Central Restaurant “Mater Elevations” Tasting Menu
October 28th, 2017
THIS… is what a $200 lunch looks like. (actually, turns out – the near 4 hour, 17 course lunch tab [&hellip
Sorry Kimchi – It’s Not You, It’s Me
September 16th, 2017
Most anyone who knows me (especially if they’ve wandered by my side as I grazed the street food in some [&hellip
Recipes, Recipes, Recipes: Fresh Raspberry Tarts
June 17th, 2017
Can you handle another recipe??? Another recipe from this um, long-time T.R.A.V.E.L. blog? Don’t worry, I’ve not utterly abandoned my [&hellip
Recipes, Recipes, Recipes: Shrimp Cups with Avocado Salsa
June 6th, 2017
I’m sooo excited! For nearly 6 years now I've lived without an oven (indeed, in Vietnam and Thailand, I didn’t [&hellip
The TravelnLass Does Black Friday
November 25th, 2016
(a.k.a. OMG, has she gone completely off her rocker?) O.k. O-KAAAY! That image above is surely the very LAST thing [&hellip
Cooking Fanesca With My Cuenca Neighbor
March 31st, 2016
As most of you here well know – I’m not the least bit shy when it comes to strangers in [&hellip
Expat Comfort Foods: S’mores!
January 6th, 2016
Don’t get me wrong – slurping a steaming bowl of “pho” in the streets of Vietnam is a delight bordering [&hellip
Uh-oh! More “Stuff” – Cuba What Have You Done To Me?
December 4th, 2015
I admit it – since I sold most every blessed possession in favor of traveling the globe with but a [&hellip
Welcome
Off-the-beaten-path travel is my passion, and I’ve always lived life “like a kid in a candy store” – eager to sample as many flavors as I can. Indeed, my life motto has long been:
This ain’t a dress rehearsal, folks!
And in that spirit, after years of running my own adventure travel company, and flitting off to far-away places every chance I got… Read more about me…
