There are plenty of reasons soccer isn’t popular in the U.S. One of the most overlooked is that, if you want to watch, you have to do it at home or in a bar. If we had soccer-friendly coffeehouses like Cafe Rot in Iceland, that could change.
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Battle of the Gross Fish: Gefilte Fish Versus Hákarl
Wandering Justin is a traveler who fears no gross food. He pits gefilte fish against the grossness of the Icelandic rotten shark dish known as hákarl. See who wins the Gross Seafood Crown!
Update on Flying with MREs
Here’s the answer to an increasingly popular question among traveling backpackers: Can you take military MRE rations on an airplane.
Iceland’s Coffee Culture a Cure for the Common Starbucks
Three Great Coffeehouses in Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik, the capitol of Iceland, is absolutely bristling with inviting coffeehouses. Kaffitar, Cafe Rot and Sufistinn Kaffihus are three of its best.
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Wandering Justin Eats Rancid Shark Meat – And Lives!
Hákarl is a fierce Icelandic dish made from decaying shark meat. It allegedly made celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay vomit. Watching travelin’ dude Wandering Justin take it on!
Banned from Flying or Not?
You have to be careful when getting ready for commercial air travel. Tedious and conflicting TSA regulations and airline policies make it hard to get straight answers on what you can pack. My question on military Meals, Ready to Eat packages is a perfect example.
Primal Strips Vegan Jerky is Eco-Friendly, Healthy – and Tasty
The founders of Primal Foods set out on a mission – to make a good-tasting vegan alternative to meat jerkies. And they hit the mark, even for a lot of us omnivores.
Matador Offers Locally Roasted Coffee for NE Phoenix
Matador Coffee Roasters gives people in NE Phoenix somewhere to get a quality coffee and a nice environment. It’s not one of the elite “Third Wave” coffee houses, but it beats Starbucks any day.
Raw Buried Seal is Key to Inuit Delicacy
Here’s a lovely sounding recipe from the Innuit living in Greenland.
1. Take one dead seal.
2. Remove the organs.
3. Stuff the cavity with unplucked, unskinned auks of similar birds.
4. Bury.
5. Wait several months.
6. Exhume.
7. Enjoy!
So far, this has been the high point of the book Extremes: Surviving the World’s Harshest Environments by Nick Middleton. I’m really [...]
Sampling the Made-from-Bison Energy Bar
Does the world need yet another energy bar? Well, not really. But this one is made out of buffalo meat and cranberry and comes with some Native American cache! Will Clif Bar retalliate with a BBQ pulled-pork flavor?
