Featured Image: McLaren Vale Vineyards Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 April 2022 Postcard from McLaren Vale Other Postcards are from: Boudhanath Stupa, Dubai, Vienna, Rock of Cashel, Lake Tabourie, Tongariro Crossing and Tupare Garden. Australian outsiders often don’t think of South Australia. But, South Australia is an amazing tourist destination. We came to McLaren Vale to house-sit a vineyard, a dog and two horses in …
AA Gill & British Pubs
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 December 2020 AA Gill & British Pubs AA Gill & Jeffrey Steingarten Two wonderful food writers are the late AA Gill, UK and Jeffrey Steingarten, USA. Both have a unique voice and have brought something special to ‘foodie’ writing. Both writers have created a persona, which whilst probably not true adds something immeasurable to …
International Peasant Foods
Featured Image: Poor Indian Girls by Train, Altiplano Peru 1974 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 30 March 2020 International Peasant Foods The idea for a restaurant called International Peasant Foods began in Winnipeg. The background is outlined in the previous article Winnipeg as the Center of the Food Universe in 1973. The article explains why only once in a lifetime …
Winnipeg Center of the Food Universe
Featured Image: Front of La Vielle Gare Menu Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 21 February 2020 Winnipeg Center of the Food Universe, 1973 Background I moved to Winnipeg as a PhD student in zoology at the University of Manitoba in 1973 and lived there for about 14 months. I have many memories of this time, but memories of food are …
The Humble Percent & Food Labels
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 24 November 2017 The Humble Percentage and Food Labels Introduction Percent or (percentage) used to be spelled per cent (and sometimes still is). It comes from the latin per centum meaning by the hundred. What percent means is changing any list of numbers that add up to an irregular total into a modified list that …
Food in Chiang Mai 6: 2017 Update
Featured update image: Muang Mai Wholesale Market, March 2017 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 4 May 2017 Food in Chiang Mai 6: 2017 Update Articles in the series on food and restaurants in Chiang Mai are: 1 Akha Tribal Food, 2 Pho Vieng Chane, 3 Khao Soy, 4 French & Italian Restaurants, 5 Airport Plaza, 6 2017 Update. Denise …
Food writing 3: More Articles I liked from Choice Cuts
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 7 October 2016 Food writing 3: More Articles I liked from Choice Cuts by Mark Kurlansky Writing about food some fine writers and articles Introduction In Food writing 1, I analysed Mark Kurlansky’s anthology Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History, 2002. The book contains 234 articles, which covers …
Food writing 2: Articles I liked from Choice Cuts
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 11 September 2016 Food writing 2: Articles I liked from Choice Cuts by Mark Kurlansky Writing about food some fine writers and articles Introduction In Food writing 1, I analysed Mark Kurlansky’s anthology Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History, 2002. The book contains 234 articles, which covers …
Food Writing 1: Mark Kurlansky, Choice Cuts
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 September 2016 Food Writing 1: Choice Cuts by Mark Kurlansky, a look at food writing across history Writing about food an introductory excursion Introduction I am a fan of Mark Kurlansky’s writing. I loved Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, 1997 and The Basque History of the World (1999). Although …
Food in Chiang Mai 5: Airport Plaza
Featured Image: Airport Plaza, entry to Kad Luang Food Hall, pre-prepared meats to take home Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 9 April 2016 Food in Chiang Mai 5: Airport Plaza with some side notes on Bangkok Articles in the series on food and restaurants in Chiang Mai are: 1 Akha Tribal Food, 2 Pho Vieng Chane, 3 Khao Soy, …
Food in Chiang Mai 4: French and Italian Restaurants
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 23 July 2015, updated March 2016 Articles in the series on food and restaurants in Chiang Mai are: 1 Akha Tribal Food, 2 Pho Vieng Chane, 3 Khao Soy, 4 French & Italian Restaurants, 5 Airport Plaza, 6 2017 Update. From the past articles, you will be beginning to gain an idea of some …
British Food — an appraisal of the middle
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony May 2015 Trip to the UK 16 July to 16 September 2014 In Britain or in far-flung outposts around the world in what either used to be the British Empire or in countries influenced by Britain, one meets the British. And when the conversation turns to food, the Brits inevitably bore you about how …
Food in Chiang Mai 3: Khao Soy
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, January 2013, updated March 2016 Articles in the series on food and restaurants in Chiang Mai are: 1 Akha Tribal Food, 2 Pho Viang Chane, 3 Khao Soy, 4 French & Italian Restaurants, 5 Airport Plaza, 6 2017 Update. Chiang Mai is the second city of Thailand but it is a small city …
In praise of Indian mangoes
Featured photo: Movie poster at Jubilee Hills Check Post, Hyderabad Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, December 2011 They gave me a mango at breakfast in Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, in the boutique hotel where I was staying. The mango was beautifully presented in Thai style: two halves on the plate with the seed removed. The halves were cut …
Food in Chiang Mai 2: Lunch at Pho Vieng Chane
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, January 2013, updated March 2016 Pho Vieng Chane Articles in the series on food and restaurants in Chiang Mai are: 1 Akha Tribal Food, 2 Pho Vieng Chane, 3 Khao Soy, 4 French & Italian Restaurants, 5 Airport Plaza, 6 2017 Update. Pho Vieng Chane Restaurant is located in a laneway between …
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