Before the snow began to melt in the French Alps, we loaded up the car with too many snowboards, hats, and gloves, and trekked across the country from the Loire Valley to Châtel, a beautiful ski station in the Haute-Savoie. While I was looking forward to learning how to snowboard (did I mention that it [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Gastronomy’
January 21, 2010
Pinch What?
My fascination with pintxos (PEEN-chos) began back in college when I convinced my sociology professor that Basque immigrants maintain their identity thanks to a little slice of meat or cheese placed on a slice of bread and stuck together with a toothpick. It was a far fetched idea at the time, but after weeks of [...]
