Category: Travel
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The Curry of Life
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in Adventure, anime, Culture, folklore, freelance, fundraising, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, inspiration, japan, Mythology, philosophy, recipe, stream-of-consciousness, tao te ching, taoism, the writers life, Thought Provoking, Travel, travel writing, travelblog, travelblogger, traveler, true story, writing, yokaiIngredients for the Curry of Life 2 tbsp cooking oil 1/2 lb of beef stew meat Salt 1 yellow onion, sliced 2 tsp cayenne pepper 8 oz Crushed tomatoes 2 Carrots, peeled and chopped 1 Russet potato, peeled and cubed 2 1/4 cups beef stock Hot Curry Roux, 1 pack of S&B Curry Hot sauce…
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Love in the Time of COVID-19
What. A. Time. It. Is. As we continue to wrap our heads around our first officiated pandemic, not that we aren’t the victims of other, more abstract pandemics such as racism, colonialism, and free-market capitalism, but hey, morality/philosophy will have to take a backburner today. No, today we’re dealing with a vicious strain of flu…
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Do You Shampoo? Curry? You Can Thank Sake Dean Mahomed – On Influential Muslims
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I’m endlessly fascinated by the storied history and culture of food. If you think about it food, with all those various customs, colloquial nuances, simple and complex, erotic and understated, is truly our greatest and most intimate experience with the world around us.
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Interview with Maria Rochelle
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in Adventure, Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Europe, featuring, Food, foodie, Guest Blog, history, Kansas City, memoir, Middle East, Morocco, networking, Travel, writingGet to know Nicholas over this discussion on travel, literature, writing, life, love and losing oneself in the beautiful madness of modern life.
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On Arabic Sweets and the Middle East: Kunafa
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in Anthropology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, history, Islam, Istanbul, Jordan, Middle East, recipe, Travel, travel writing, TurkeyAll of these things are true… I had been in Jordan for several weeks and my love affair with Arabian sweets had reached a lofty peak. In fact, I would begin and end each day with a platter of pastries, smothered in honeys and syrups that would flood through heaps of pistachios on my plate. Then it happened… I…
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Fundraising for the Wandering Scholar Educational Program
Your generous contributions will directly support tuition and tuition alone. I will update you at a later point as to which institution I’m accepted into – aiming for Dharma Realm University. As a student, I am at the mercy and heavily dependent upon the financial generosity of others — for which I am endlessly grateful.