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WHAT IS A TRAVELOG…?

Friday, December 30th, 2011

What is a travelog? Or, put another way, what is a travelogue? (Just keeping our American, Canadian and European friends happy, here.)
It used to be that washed out colour (or ‘color’ – see above) four minute ‘travel trailer’ we saw amidst the ‘coming soon’, ‘next attraction’, ‘cartoon’ and ‘newsreel’ mashup before the ‘feature presentation’ at [...]


ENTREE TO ASIA

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

A number of years ago I wrote and produced a travel-based cooking television series about the food and culture of Southeast Asia. Today, I’m launching a new website dedicated to that audience-pleasing series, EntrĂ©e To Asia.
The twenty-six half-hour episodes and one-hour documentary special received worldwide attention. Originally, ETA played on public TV stations across [...]


CANADA’S TOP 9 CULINARY TRAILS

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

We’ve all seen our share of Top-10 lists, but how often do we read them and remark, “Hey, they missed THIS!” Well, that’s why we’re doing the Top 9 here…


ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Eating on the road is an opportunity to search for, seek out and to try different foods – meals you might not find at home. Local specialties, for instance, like Rava Dosa at the Tekka Wet Market in Singapore. Or a breakfast of Huevos Motuleños at Cafe Pasqual’s in Santa Fe…
…sorry: drifted off [...]


TRAVEL WITH A BITE

Monday, June 7th, 2010

EXCLUSIVE TO WANDERISM – Woody Allen once said, “Man does not live by bread alone. Frequently there must be a beverage.”
Bread, in its myriad forms throughout the world, is a dietary staple, unless, of course, you find yourself in Southeast Asia. When I lived in Singapore the only Westernized version of bread I could [...]