Posts Tagged: cuisine
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- May 4, 2012
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Shaping Cultural Experiences
Travel has been an integral part of my life since I was a young child. I grew up in a multicultural, bilingual home in the Netherlands with a Polish mother and a Dutch father. My
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- May 10, 2012
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Update & BBC News Link
A brief update: One interview video will be uploaded tomorrow evening. I believe the BBC News One-Minute World News provides well-balanced reporting of news, hence why I wanted to share it. Top stories on May
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- May 11, 2012
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From Nigeria to Boston
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When you first meet Oluwagbeminiyi Osidipe, you encounter a very vibrant, friendly, and unique personality. Oluwagbeminiyi or Niyi – as she shortened her name for simplicity – was named by her mother, who had a “very personal experience” when she had her, Niyi explained. Niyi is a Yoruba Nigerian transplant who arrived in the U.S. in 2006. As one of the most densely populated (West) African countries, Nigeria derives its name from the river that spans its land. To the South, it borders the Gulf of Guinea to the Atlantic Ocean. Originally colonized by the British, Nigeria gained independence in 1960. Its main ethnic groups are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, who speak English and their own respective languages, while major religions include Islam, Christianity and indigenous beliefs. Niyi shares her story, her views on politics, cultural differences she’s embraced with humor, and what we can learn from each other by expressing curiosity. Her message is simple: travel enriches us through its exposure to new cultures, and enables us to grow.
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- May 16, 2012
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Mark Twain on Travel
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” (American author Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad).
Have you had the opportunity to travel (extensively, within your country, or even once abroad)? Can you relate to Twain’s sentiments? How does travel enrich us?
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- May 19, 2012
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Pleasing The Taste Palate
Food has the wonderful quality of uniting us no matter where we are. There is nothing partisan or narrow-minded about food. It simply invites us to indulge, create recipes, and share with others. Two of my favorite Polish dishes (included in collage) are pierogies and barszcz czerwony – a beetroot soup – served on Christmas Eve in Poland. How does food bring us together? What are some of your favorite dishes and why? Can food trigger memories?
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- May 23, 2012
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Stereotypes: Truth or Fiction?
DEFINING STEREOTYPES: “An idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation.” (Merriam-Webster). Stereotypes enable bias and preconceived notions to perpetuate, but can also reveal valid
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- May 29, 2012
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Annual Human Rights Report
“The world changed immeasurably over the course of 2011. Across the Middle East, North Africa, and far beyond, citizens stood up to demand respect for human dignity, more promising economic opportunities, greater political liberties, and
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- May 31, 2012
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Euro Crisis & Emerging Stereotypes
Brief Crisis Breakdown Since the onset of the global financial crisis, or Great Recession, in 2007, the Eurozone has feared impending growing global debt levels, as well as sovereign debt within European countries themselves. In
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- June 4, 2012
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Remembering Tiananmen
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in Beijing, China. Inflation, a lack of career prospects, the fall of Eastern European communism, and political corruption, are all said to have fueled anger
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- June 7, 2012
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Coffee's Uniting Power
A cup of coffee can bridge cultural gaps. At least, that’s what Gizem Salgicil White, founder of Turkayfe.org, believes. Her organization aims to create awareness of Turkish culture, particularly within America. Gizem is a Turkish native,
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- March 12, 2019
Storyteller Sudipto De | Salt & Sandals Travel Blog
Today on CultureTrav, we’re talking to storyteller Sudipto De from Salt and Sandals travel blog. Tell us a bit about yourself! Why do you love travel? How do you think travel unites us or teaches
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- February 11, 2019
Meet The Italian on Tour
Here’s our latest CultureTrav Travel Entrepreneurs interview. Share a bit about yourself, and your husband. What inspired you to launch your trip company, The Italian on Tour? Travel has always played a major role in our
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- Brian Cicioni
- January 2, 2018
Eating Your Way Around The Bronx’s Little Italy
Today’s post is by Culture with Travel contributor, Brian Cicioni, who writes I May Roam. At the turn of the 20th Century, a wave of Italian immigrants began moving to what is now known as “The Little
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- April 20, 2017
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Rome Puts the Art in Artichokes
Today’s post is by Culture with Travel Food Correspondent, Valerie Sisco I’ve never taken much notice of artichokes. They’ve always seemed rather unremarkable to me. Maybe it’s because my experience with them is limited to
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- Nicolette
- October 10, 2016
Storyteller Dave | DavesTravelCorner.com
We’re excited to share our interview with Dave, founder of Dave’s Travel Corner. Over the past 19+ years, his core focus has been promoting experiential travel; his readers are actively interested in a wide range of
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- March 23, 2016
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The Cultural Intricacies of Dining Etiquette
How different cultures interpret how we eat and how it feeds into polite etiquette can be fascinating. For example, in Japan you should never cross, lick, or stick your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice as
Taste of Travel Menu
Fresh mozzarella, tomato, basil and balsamic vinegar on ciabatta. My Polish grandma’s chicken noodle soup. A warm freshly-baked French baguette with butter. Homemade sauerkraut and mushroom pierogies. Fresh seafood served during a beach trip… …There’s nothing quite
#CultureTravChat: Food & Culture
Pasta. Fried rice. Cheese. Croissants. Gelato. No matter what you enjoy most, food has a certain binding power. It is over dinner that we often have lengthy, deep conversations. It is over brunch that we
NYC Foodie: My Personal Favorites
As an avid foodie, I’m always looking for new, distinct (and delectable) dishes. Over the years of travel, I’ve tried the somewhat exotic – think alligator, cactus salad, and frog legs. In Spain, we enjoyed
New York City: A Cultural "Global Kitchen"
It unites. It creates a cultural footprint. It is delicious, rich, and comforting: food. Beyond those qualities, food is a powerful resource. Unfortunately, the reality is that it is not equally accessible throughout the world,
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