Month: July 2019

Travel for Food: Caribbean Fruits

The exotic Fruits of the Caribbean; Quenep (Spanish Lime), Sorrel, Sugar Apple, Passion Fruit, Water Apple, Mamey Apple, Antilles Apricot, Cashew Apple, West Indian Cherry, Golden Apple, Baygrapes, West Indian Gooseberries, Carabola

Tales: Caribbean Foodies (Trini Connection)

I got a craving for this dish back in 2016 and decided to try my hand at making it. It was to my delight to run into 2 awesomely talented YouTubers (Trini Cooking with Natasha & Taste of Trini) who are both from Trinidad and Tobago.

Travel for Food: Eating Around Kandahar Airfield

Has anyone ever stopped and wonder what service members, defense contractors, and other people stuck on a U.S military base in Afghanistan ate? While the food is mostly the same whether you are in Kandahar, Herat, Bagram, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul, or at other small bases, the menu varies a bit based on where you go. Kandahar…

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Tales: Flavorful Origins (Thanks Netflix)

Flavorful Origins is a tv program that uniquely dives into the Chaoshan cuisine. Season one was released on Netflix on February 2019 with 20 episodes, with each episode looking carefully at a significant ingredient in Chaoshan cooking. The

Tales: Rural Lifestyle Foodies

A week or more ago, I highlighted a vlogger from China who made it big by showcasing her talent of making handmade crafts and traditional foods. Her YouTube channel name is 李子柒 Liziqi and her videos range from her making strawberry wine to furniture out of bamboo. Once I subscribed to her, I found that…

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Tales: Poison Ivy – The Femme Fatale

Poison Ivy came out in 1992 starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, and Cheryl Ladd. The early 1990s was filled with these incredible movies that upon looking back offered us the best steamy movies with enough sex, drama, danger, and beautiful people to last a lifetime?

Tales: Fashion No-value

Let me be upfront in saying I’m not a fan of Fashion Nova, I generally call them Fashion Noval which stands for no value.

Tales: 李子柒 LiZiqi – Oriental Lifestyle Foodie

Name:  Li Zikai

YouTube Channel: 李子柒 LiZiqi  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC47do520os_4DBMEFGg4A

DOB: 6 July 1990

Location: Pingwu, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China

Blogger Genre: Oriental Lifestyle Foodie

Tales: Tierra Whack

She is a living definition of avant-garde and I can’t wait to see what’s next.

Tales: Doja Cat – Juicy (The Color Show)

Doja’s performance in all pink in a pink room was bubbly, and her confidence was infectious. She looked happy, her flow and rhymes were on point, and the song is worth listening to.

Travel: I visited Aruba

The island is gorgeous, the people are friendly and always willing to give advice. I stayed in the Noord area at Palm Beach at the Ritz-Carlton, there were other hotels, bars, casinos, and shops along the beach so, walking was always a fun activity.