In mountain villages spangled with poppies and wildflowers, women in baggy şalvar trousers brought me goat cheese, fresh honey and gozleme flatbread, washed down with glasses of tea. During the hottest hours I plunged into the sea, sheltered in forested canyons or stretched out in thyme-scented groves of oak, wild olive and dogwood. After dusk, a … Read more
A universal crowd-pleaser, and much less alcoholic than Campari, Aperol introduced a taste for bitterness to people who didn’t know they liked it yet, Villa explained. In the US, Aperol played a key role in the evangelisation of bitterness. Until about 40 years ago, Americans weren’t open to bitter flavours, just as they weren’t to … Read more
The story of the Ponca underscores a stark but often-overlooked truth, that many of the trails we hike or bike in the US today were originally forged by Indigenous hunters and traders centuries earlier. When their lands were taken, federal and state governments turned some of these trails into roads and railways. (The Ponca’s Trail … Read more
Depending on the type of ALS, “the extent that disease can be explained by genetic factors is only about 8% to 60%,” explains Eva Feldman, a professor of neurology at the University of Michigan. However, there’s also emerging evidence that repeated and prolonged exposure to potential triggers in the external environment might increase the risk … Read more
Though Mexico’s bureaucracy can be challenging to navigate, it’s also easy to maintain residency if you qualify, and there’s no minimum amount of time you need to stay in the country to keep your visa status. While English is spoken in the most touristy areas, expats will find life easier if they work on their … Read more
From Pompeii to the Egyptian pyramids, some of the world’s most famous man-made wonders are scarred with millennia-old graffiti etched into their walls by ancient sightseers. It’s no secret that many of the world’s “greatest” travellers – like Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes – were among its worst. And according to Lauren A Siegel, a … Read more
Joining a French restaurant kitchen is a baptism by fire. An apprentice has mere moments to make an impression, and, according to Yves Camdeborde, owner of Paris’ four Avant-Comptoir restaurants, is frequently given a task whose outward simplicity conceals true technicity. To succeed is to garner favour; to fail is to show one still has … Read more
In the 1740s, pleasure boaters would jauntily sail from central London down the River Thames to an islet once known as Twickenham Ait in Richmond, mooring at an inn that had built a reputation across the city for selling just one thing: eel pies. Eel Pie House was the grand tavern’s name, and punting parties … Read more
Exactly how stratospheric warming could affect weather, almost all of which occurs in the troposphere, is not yet known, however. Changes in the heat of the stratosphere in turn changes the circulation of winds, says Karen Rosenlof of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Chemical Sciences Laboratory. “Changing the winds can change how waves propagate in … Read more
In Pictures | Churches & Temples (Image credit: Stuart Butler) Although many travellers will have heard of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia, few will know about the “new Lalibela” being carved out of the rockface by a devoted monk. L Legend has it that the dramatic rock-hewn churches of Lalibela were created with … Read more