by Penny Zibula | Jul 24, 2015 | Food & Beverage, North America, Weekly Wow!
Converting Southern Pennsylvania’s Bounty of Luscious Fruit into Delectable Wines. My no-fail slow cooker pot roast was fall-apart tender, and the potatoes, carrots and peppers were done to a turn. As we sat down at our dinner table with good friends, Simon poured the... by Penny Zibula | May 28, 2015 | Europe, Food & Beverage, Weekly Wow!
More Fun Than a Pub Crawl, and You Get to Eat. To the casual eye, our group probably looked like any other knot of tourists exploring Barcelona, but history and architecture weren’t on the agenda. Maris, our Estonian-born Tapas Experience Tour guide, had promised us a... by Penny Zibula | May 21, 2015 | Europe, Food & Beverage, Weekly Wow!
Treat Your Senses to the Ultimate Buffet. Stepping into the Avignon Market is similar to intruding on a foodie fantasy on steroids. Even before your senses can begin to take it all in, your brain is saying, WOW! It was our last day in Avignon, and Simon and I were... by Penny Zibula | Mar 13, 2015 | Central and South America, Food & Beverage, Weekly Wow!
So Exquisite, You’ll Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About Rum. Once upon a time, I believed that the nirvana of sipping rum had been reached with my first taste of Ron del Barrilito, a smooth and flavorful rum from Puerto Rico. Then I was offered a glass of... by Penny Zibula | Jan 16, 2015 | Food & Beverage, Weekly Wow!
The Grape that Wouldn’t Die When you visit a winery, you expect – or at least hope – to taste some very good wine. But when one of the best wines you’ve ever tasted falls out of a powder blue Panamanian sky, all you can say is WOW! Yesterday began as one... by Penny Zibula | Jan 9, 2015 | Food & Beverage, Middle East, Weekly Wow!
An Ancient Fermentation Process Yields an Exceptional Experience for the Modern Palate Our 2013 visit with my family in Israel held many wondrous experiences. One of several on our first day was a visit to the Kadma Winery in the heart of the Judean Hills, where the...