Author Archives: deegoch
Next Stop… Fiji!
My father always wanted to go to Fiji. It was one of the things on his bucket list that he never got to do. I have wanted to go ever since I watched “The Blue Lagoon” and found out that it was filmed there, seeing that beautiful scenery and beaches makes it seem like a [...]
Healthy Lifestyle
I debated for a while whether or not to start blogging about fitness and health. Then I realized that good food and fitness, at least for me, have to go hand in hand. I am not blessed with a lightning fast metabolism and basically whatever I put in my mouth will end up on my [...]
El Salvador… part deux
I have always wanted to try to make Atol de Elote but thought the process would be very time consuming. I looked and searched for a good recipe on-line and in the books I’ve collected and found a few contradictions. So I took a few pieces from a couple of recipes and came up with [...]
El Salvador… but of course!
My home land… where my heart is! So of course I had to post a recipe from there!
El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America at 21,040 km sq. (about the size of New Jersey), and the most densely populated one. It borders the Pacific Ocean between Honduras and Guatemala. It’s situated on the [...]
Welcome to Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea.
Fun Facts:
- Denmark was ranked as [...]
Cameroon… round 2!
Ok… I am not one to give up so easily. And because of the dissappointment of the Fish Stew from Cameroon I decided to try something else… A Pineapple and Banana salad. If you’ve ever seen the Friends episode where Rachel makes a trifle for Thanksgiving dinner you will understand why I decided to make [...]
C is for Cameroon
The Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun) is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. It’s bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon’s coastline lies on the Bight of [...]
Brunei
One of my favourite foods ever is seafood. No matter how it is prepared (ok, scratch that, I really don’t think popcorn shrimp can be even considered a food)! I wanted to find a new recipe that I had never tried before. And found this recipe from Brunei. I couldn’t find all of
First up…Austria!
Austria is a Central European country, which stands to the north of Italy and Slovenia, south of Germany and the Czech Republic, east of Switzerland and Lichtenstein and west of Slovakia and Hungary.
Fun Fact about Austria:
-Marie-Antoinette, the wife of France’s King Louis XVI, was the
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This blog is a work in progress… please stay tuned for the new and improved look coming soon!
Ever since I was little I had an innate desire to travel. Before I knew how many countries there actually were in the world I kept saying that I was going to live 1 year in each country… [...]