Category Archives: tourism
Fabada Asturiana – Pork & Beans Never Tasted So Good
I like to cook. As a hobby I recreate at home the dishes I experience in my travels, and chefs all over the world have helped with recipes and advice. Up to now. Continue reading
Shout Out Saugerties is hosting a Food & Art Walkabout
Join international culinary travel writer and chef Richard Frisbie, on Oct 20th, 2018, for a tour of the best eats in his home town of Saugerties. Continue reading
“It smells like death in here.”
That’s the first thing I said when I entered Niagara Parks’ Floral Showhouse, a pyramidal tropical greenhouse and formal gardens just a hop, skip and jump from Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Park, Canada. Not the best greeting, I know, but … Continue reading
Unpublished Culinary Travel Articles Looking for Placement
Editors please take note: I have five finished culinary and/or travel articles unsold. They range from a street festival near Barcelona, to a rare Mediterranean Island liquor; from the sites and museums of Curacao, to the unique food there: and … Continue reading
A Halloween Ghost Story From Curacao
Curacao is an island in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela. Blessed with temperatures in the 80s, sunny skies and beaches to rival the best in the world, this Dutch island has all that plus enough colonial heritage and … Continue reading
Still Star-Crossed in Trujillo, Spain
Filming medieval period-pieces is easier when Spain’s cities are so well preserved. ABC’s Still Star-crossed was filmed in Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain. Continue reading
Torta del Casar – Cheese of the Gods
Torta del Casar is a sheep’s milk cheese from the shepherds, using vegetable (thistle) rennet and traditional cheese-making processes to create a most flavorful ivory-colored runny cheese. Continue reading
Arzak – Back of the House
I spent an unprecedented amount of time touring Arzak, the 3 Michelin Star Basque Restaurant in San Sebastian, Spain, Veuve Clicquot calls one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, and interviewing Elena Arzak, which they call the 2012 World’s Best Female Chef, before I wrote an 1800 word article about it. This is the part that was edited out. Continue reading
I write Cruise Port Excursions
I’m hired to make the descriptions of those tours desirable – punch them up, so to speak – and make needed corrections. Continue reading
Fields of Interest
The variety of subjects I pick to write about reflects my wide interests. Here are links to just the past month’s articles . . . Continue reading
Richard Frisbie 