With Florence serving as the base of our 2016 trip to Italy, we took a two hour high-speed train ride to Rome for a day in the… Read more “All Roads (and tracks) Lead to Rome”
Category: Food
Book Review: Cod
This is an excellent book, and a much quicker read than Kurlansky’s more famous and popular book, Salt. I love that it balances History, Food, and Environmentalism… Read more “Book Review: Cod”
Firenze: Three Days of Art, History, and Food
In February of 2016, Rebecca and I took our second European trip, this time to Italy. As we had done with Lisbon, our plan was to… Read more “Firenze: Three Days of Art, History, and Food”
HestFest 2017: Food & Film
Another year, another HestFest is in the can. I’ve been hosting a Charlton Heston film showing for more than 20 years. This time around, the theme was… Read more “HestFest 2017: Food & Film”
Five Caribbean Islands
As I wrote about in previous posts (here & here), we left Puerto Rico for a week long cruise through the Southwestern Caribbean. Five islands, each unique… Read more “Five Caribbean Islands”
Book Review: Salt
The dry recitation of facts does little for distribution of historic wisdom. Certainly, there has been a move toward making history more palatable and more relatable for… Read more “Book Review: Salt”
A Week on a Cruise Ship
From Puerto Rico, we boarded the Norwegian Gem and shipped out on a tour of the Southeastern Caribbean. This was my first time on a cruise ship,… Read more “A Week on a Cruise Ship”
A Few Days in Puerto Rico
A couple weeks back, my amazing partner and I hopped on an airplane and headed down to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Neither of us had been there… Read more “A Few Days in Puerto Rico”
HestFest 2016: Movies & Food
Every year for about 20 years, I’ve hosted a celebration of Charlton Heston’s filmography. This year was a sort of ‘best of,’ where we showed some special… Read more “HestFest 2016: Movies & Food”
Matthew J. Constantine 