Nicholas Andriani

Category: Food

A Recipe for the Sun: My Affair with Spanish Wine & Salmon / Featuring wines from Ribera y Rueda

Aug 2, 2016

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Nicholas Andriani

in Adventure, Art, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Kansas City, recipe, Travel, travel writing, writing

Spanish wine and a sun drenched recipe? Yes, please. My highlight from my affair with the wines of @RiberaRuedaWine #recipes #foodblog #foodwriter #wine #wino #ribera #rueda #spain #satchat #grill
NaNoWriMo : Into the Wild

Nov 4, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Adventure, Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, Gastronomy, gaza, Grece, history, Islam, israel, Istanbul, Jordan, Kansas City, memoir, Middle East, Morocco, NaNoWriMo, palestine, Poetry, Spain, spiritual, tbex, Travel, travel writing, west bank, writing

Earlier this year, I set a goal to finish a solid draft of my memoir and to achieve this mission i’m going into the wild, er, offline… A MONTHLONG period away from social media, the internet, ethernet and all those nets, in an archaic approach to finish this labor of love that i’m damn excited…
Abbot Kinney Part II: ZenBunni

Jul 1, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in airbnb, American Road Trip, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, california, City Guide, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Review, Road Trip, Travel, travel writing, USA

We stumbled away from Another Kind of Sunrise high on good food and despite this the lure of chocolate never wore off. I felt like a child longing for a view into Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory. Knowing that what lies beyond contained the secret of cacao alchemica; that is, the transformation of cacao from plant to…
Abbot Kinney Part I: Another Kind of Sunrise

Jun 10, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in American Road Trip, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Road Trip, Travel, travel writing, USA

All cities come equipped with a beating heart. A cultural core that stimulates the genius in urbanites giving them a unique identity to stand apart from the rest of the world. Some cities, like Los Angeles, race to the tune of several hearts and it was on our way out of L.A. that we came across…
Cafe Tajine in the Mountains of Morocco

Jan 29, 2014

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Nicholas Andriani

in Africa, Anthropology, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Hiking, Morocco, Road Trip, Travel, travel writing

Ourika, Morocco Though only 6 hours (460 km) separate Marrakech from the oasis town of M’Hamid I could have dedicated six days between the two place names. The villages that scatter Ourika Valley hold their own against the more popular Imperial Cities (Marrakech, Fes, Meknes and Rabat) and it’s out here in the wilderness of the…
My First Guest Post: Uncovering the Shores of Aqaba

Nov 6, 2013

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Nicholas Andriani

in Archaeology, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Guest Blog, history, Jordan, Middle East, Travel

I’ve met some great people through this blog, twitter and other social media outlets. One person in particular stands out as someone whom I feel especially lucky to have met, the talented creator behind For The Intolerants, JoAnna. JoAnna and I have a lot of similar interests, as do many travel bloggers; exploring exotic lands,…