This recipe came from the need to use up some vegetables in the fridge in a quick, healthy way. I already had a container of baked tofu, which is worth making once a week if you want an inexpensive protein that can take on the flavor of anything you prefer. This week, I pressed and [...]
On February 18, 1952 The Coast Guard undertook one of its greatest rescue efforts in history. We've included an excerpt from Discover Cape Cod about this phenomenal tale of two tankers splitting in half during a terrible nor'easter and were thrashed about at the mercy of the stormy sea. The heroes of this story risked their lives [...]
The Feast of Fools Throughout the Middle Ages and well into the Elizabethan period, European society came together on January 1 for a celebration known as the Feast of Fools (read our full article as published in Renaissance Magazine). Christmas was an austere and holy season, full of fasting and stringent religious rules. By the time January rolled [...]
Les treize desserts de Noël- or the Thirteen Desserts of Christmas- is a delectable holiday tradition celebrated throughout the south of France. An array of symbolic sweets made in Provençal kitchens is reinterpreted in recipes here by Pastry Chef Spencer Budros of German Village-based bakery, Pistacia Vera. Spencer’s festive wreath of desserts featured on this [...]
Draw a straight line on a map due east from Provincetown and it will pass through an island group known as the Azores then end in Portugal on the western edge of Europe. For hundreds of years, European fisherman would sail thousands of miles across the Atlantic often ending up on the sandy fist of [...]
Ocean Spray just celebrated its 85th birthday and with Thanksgiving around the corner, we decided to share a little bit about Cape Cod’s famous fruit. From the first Thanksgiving table to Ocean Spray’s giggly jelly to a modern day “superfruit,” the cranberry has become synonymous with Cape Cod since its first recorded cultivation two hundred years [...]
Join Shawnie Kelley on Sunday, April 12 (2PM) at Hammond Harkins Galleries in Bexley for a discussion about the history of food in art, from the Renaissance through the twenty first century, as part of the upcoming exhibition: “A Moveable Feast.” The six-week show features artists whose works utilize food as their medium or serves as the subject. On display are works by [...]
PART 2 to our Pennsylvania's Laurel Highland Adventure picks up where the first article leaves off... EXCERPT from PART 1: Laurel Highland's Adventure & History. "In the great meadows just beyond Scenery Hill is where The French and Indian War held its opening acts in 1754 at Fort Necessity, which for American History buffs is a required pilgrimage. One [...]
This Wanderlust Wednesday takes us to the majestic dunes of Longnook Beach on the coast of Cape Cod, near Truro. The intro to our forthcoming book, Discover Cape Cod quotes Henry David Thoreau's vision of Cape Cod as "the bared and bended arm of Massachusetts ... boxing with northeast storms, and, ever and anon, heaving her Atlantic [...]
Nothing screams autumn more than apples and cinnamon. Drawing on the bounty of late summer fruit, this versatile upside down apple tarte tatin featured in our Taste of Travel Loire Valley cooking class, is wonderful served warm or cold, with ice cream or a dollop of crème fraîche. It looks impressive, but is fairly easy to [...]
Cowgirl Chow Easton Farmer's Market Edition. As a company who seeks out the local and authentic dining experiences during our travel, Wanderlust Tours also supports our own Ohio purveyors of food and other local artisan products. Thursday, August 7, Wanderlust owner Shawnie Kelley teamed up with Hellwigh Farm owner, Jennifer Boren to celebrate Ohio's hard [...]
CityScene Magazine August 2014
