Call in the Travel Channel, Testicle Festival

It might be time to put out the call for Travel Channel’s big guns, Bourdain and Zimmern. The Rotary Club in Oakdale, California is putting on a Testicle Festival to raise money for the Oakdale Cowboy Museum. Four hundred pounds of Bull’s balls will be served ensuring plenty for all. Personally I prefer fillet!

GoNomad's New Food and Wine Page, Read about Some Food Adventures

Soon I will be headed to Salvador and Recife, Brazil and be indulging in the dishes based on azeite-de-dende (palm oil) and cassava. Food is such a huge part of traveling and taste buds easy to pack. That grilled red snapper served in a low key beach shack in Puerto Rico or a fancy foie gras de canard served in a châteaux in France are both a ten on a scale of ten. Food can define a place, mood or setting, making a travel memory complete. The Travel Channel with top food shows with Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern certainly gets it. At GoNomad we now have a page with links to all of our food and beverage articles, a tasty place to learn or relive food experiences from around the world. Pop a cork and tuck in a napkin and check some food adventures at the GoNomad edible page!

Mohonk Mountain House, a Beacon in Stone Ridge

As I ride the local roads in Stone Ridge and Cottekill, I can see Mohonk Mountain House high above. This old resort has been a vacation destination for more than 100 years. Guest from the past included John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and Presidents Hayes, Roosevelt and Taft. It was built by the Smiley Brothers between 1879 and 1910 and still remains in the Smiley family. It also has been featured on the Travel Channel’s Great Hotels and America’s Castles. To those who live around here it is like a beacon high above especially if you are lost on one of the many back roads. Not likely unless you are new to the area.