Food
Where to Eat Sushi in Osaka: Sushi Amato Ura Nanba
Looking for where to eat sushi in Osaka? After my go-to budget spot closed for good, I went looking for a replacement,...
Food
Japanese Whetstones: A Practical Guide (And the Truth About Where to Buy Them)
DIY or professional, stone or HORL3, Japan or back home: an honest, detailed guide to sharpening a Japanese knife and buying the...
Food
Why You Should Buy a Hinoki Cutting Board in Japan (And When You Shouldn’t)
Why a hinoki cutting board is the natural second purchase after a Japanese knife: what the wood is, where to buy one...
Food
Where to Eat in Florence: Trattoria Natalino (A Partial Review)
A corporate dinner the night before left my stomach negotiating a ceasefire, which means this review of Trattoria Natalino in Florence comes...
Food
Buying knives in Osaka: From Kappabashi’s Chaos to a Sakai Boutique
A single-bevel yanagiba bought at Jikko in Osaka, the six-hundred-year history of Sakai's blades behind it, and why the shopping experience felt...
Food
What Not to Eat in Egypt: Koshari.
The dreaded Koshari: the monumental collective prank Egypt played on the world
Travel
The Magnalonga di Dorgali (Sardinia): Walking, Eating, and Reading a Landscape
A food-and-wine walk through the Supramonte: nine stops, centuries-old olive groves, prehistoric fairy houses carved into the rock, dozens of suckling pigs...
Food
Girotonno (Carloforte, Sardinia): a local tuna fair and a missed opportunity
A wasted opportunity dressed up as a festival. Carloforte sits on an extraordinary fish, a unique Ligurian-in-Sardinia history, and one of the...
Food
Aurea Osteria Contemporanea, Cagliari. I have never written a review this enthusiastic.
A Cagliari seafood omakase where poor fish becomes extraordinary, local ingredients are used with genuine passion and intelligence, and sixty euros buys...
Food
Breakfast in Bologna near the train station: Forno Brisa
Forno Brisa in Bologna, near the central train station: excellent viennoiserie, specialty coffee and a formidable marketing machine. An honest review between...