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A Couple for the Road is a Cultural Travel and Culinary Blog celebrating international travel, food, and traditions!
Our travels together started in July 2007 in Nashville, and since that time we've moved and journeyed to some incredible places, as well as seen and done some amazing things in more than 50 locations around the world.
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Cream cheese is like magic food. It seems that everything it touches turns into culinary gold. What Goes with Cream Cheese, and how can you best use it in every day recipes to keep your… Read More
Chiang Mai, which is surrounded by a lot of mountains and temples, is the Northern capital of Thailand. It is said to be the best place for visitors to explore Thai culture and do exciting… Read More
Fado music, the somber song of Portual, is a deeply passionate and heartbreaking folk music genre that can be traced back to the 1820s (and possibly earlier) in Lisbon. Fado was in many ways the… Read More
We all would like travel to be easy, but sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes it isn’t relaxing, or even fun. Sometimes, in fact, it’s difficult and disappointing. Disappointing travel is the worst kind, and something that… Read More
Chicken Saltimbocca is a traditional Italian dish that’s modified using chicken instead of veal. The word saltimbocca means “jumps in mouth”, and the truth is that is really does! This recipe is true to the traditional… Read More
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Villa Borghese (today’s Borghese Gallery Rome) was created to host a valuable collection of Cardinal Shipyon Borghese (Scipio Borghese), who was passionate about collecting works of art. He was distinguished with a truly subtle taste… Read More
Rome is a city that is just as stunning at night as it is during the day, and as natural lights fade, street lights give birth to a city that is somehow different at night…. Read More
Whenever we travel abroad we make sure to sample the local fares and delicacies, especially traditional dishes. But how often do we get to see and understand how they’re actually made, especially by a local… Read More
Choosing where to stay in Santorini, Greece is one of the easier decisions you might make in travel. Why? It’s simple – there is no bad place to stay in (or rather, on) Santorini. Greece’s most… Read More
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Chicken Saltimbocca is a traditional Italian dish that’s modified using chicken instead of veal. The word saltimbocca means “jumps in mouth”, and the truth is that is really does! This recipe is true to the traditional… Read More
Shrimp Scampi is a classic dish in America that’s based on an Italian tradition of cooking Scampi, which are tiny crustaceans that look a bit like small lobsters. In Italy, the tradition has been to… Read More
If there’s one dish Tracy and I couldn’t live without, regardless of where we are, it’s French Onion Soup. It’s the one dish that, when you want it, there’s no substitute. It’s either French Onion… Read More
German Chocolate Cake is a sweet, rich, and delicious layered cake that actually isn’t German. It has its roots in the mid-19th century in America when baker Samuel German developed a dark, baking chocolate which… Read More
New England Clam Chowder is an American specialty, believed to be introduced to the upper northeast by French immigrants in the 1700s. It increased in popularity as a hearty, homemade dish until it gained notoriety… Read More
