Archive | August, 2012

76 Movies About Travel and Adventure

(Last updated May 12, 2015 – sign up to receive updates by email) There are a lot of “Best Travel Movie” lists out there on the web. And there are a lot of epic travel movies to love. The intention of this list is to dive farther than the most popular and deeper than the most […]

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Passage from “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”

“Then they began to climb and they were going to the East it seemed, and then it darkened and they were in a storm, the rain so thick it seemed like flying through a waterfall, and then they were out and Compie turned his head and grinned and pointed and there, ahead, all he could […]

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Japanese Kaiseki: 11-Courses of Elegant and Traditional Japanese Fare

Japan: where knife training occurs for many years before a budding chef is allowed near a fish and chopping block — where cooking rice is a careful and deliberate balance of vinegar, rice, water and a knowing hand. Kaiseki and Kaiseki Ryōri. The multi-course traditional meal that is one of food’s most extraordinary displays of […]

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