Healthy, tasty surprises fill tourists’ plates in Croatia
The tall, striking blond filleted the fish at my table with the precision of a surgeon and the care of a mother.
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Eurochocolate: Perugia’s Cocoa Bacchanal
By John Henderson I stood in a chocolate mosh pit, straining to hear the Italian spoken by a blonde beauty yelling to be heard over the screams of hundreds of people fenced off around us. Frida Ciletti is a sculptor who was carving a 2,640-pound block of chocolate into what looked like a family crest […]
St. Petersburg, Russia: Window to the West
BY JOHN HENDERSON For Away.com The raven-haired goddess in the elaborate red headdress and strategically cut outfit danced and gyrated surprisingly well on her five-inch gold pumps. Two children in angel outfits riding a confetti-covered camel provided a nice contrast, but I had no idea why a giant bunny rabbit was waving to the crowd […]