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By Ian Cowley January 4, 2012 - 10:49amI met Charlie in late 1995 in Barcelona. We were attending the annual Relais & Châteaux Congress for that year - me as General Manager of Hastings House Country Inn on Saltspring Island and Charlie as a new Relais Gourmand inductee...Smart Fish And Dubious Rice
By Ian Cowley September 5, 2011 - 1:31pmOne of the reasons for my visit to Spain this summer was to see a fish farm called Veta La Palma for myself. I discovered it through one of my all-time favourite TED videos by Chef Dan Barber entitled How I Fell In Love With A Fish. (Time Magazine...Of Pods, Shacks And A Good Read
By Ian Cowley July 16, 2011 - 4:26pmAs I type I am at 34,000 feet, doing 516mph, 902 miles from Montreal above Goose Bay, Labrador. Oh, and it’s -47C outside and sunny for the weather-curious. I’m in an Executive Class ‘pod’ on an Air Canada...Honduras: In Conclusion
By Ian Cowley June 28, 2011 - 4:32amMy first CESO assignment came to a close a couple of weeks ago and I've had some good reflection time in between. This was helped by the fact that I went from a country whose needs are great and challenges staggering, to a country of plenty.My wife...Not Every Business Has A Guard. The Churches Don't.
By Ian Cowley June 13, 2011 - 9:44pmI would be remiss if I didn't mention security in Tegucigalpa. Admittedly, it was my one and only real concern before coming here (you know ... the Toncontin Airport thing notwithstanding).Consider:Per capita income is less than $2,000/year.60% live...Honduran Fast Food
By Ian Cowley June 12, 2011 - 11:36amYou could say the whole of Tegucigalpa is a drive-through restaurant. But not in the same sit in your car in a line-up / speak to a voice coming from a menu board / sit in a line-up / get handed a bag of food kind of way. Here you sit in your car...Reality Check
By Ian Cowley June 9, 2011 - 3:17pmMy host, Alejandra, took me on a little trip today with a couple of her church-group friends to visit some individuals they help and offer support to. We drove to a neighbourhood not too far away. They call them neighbourhoods. North Americans might...Translating Bread
By Ian Cowley June 9, 2011 - 2:44pmWhen I arrived I noticed a skookum new Cuisinart bread machine in the kitchen. I think it had never been used because the thick, complicated, all-in-English user manual was too daunting to figure out.One of my very best friends since I arrived in...I Have a Secret
By Ian Cowley June 6, 2011 - 4:05pmShhh ..... come close ..... I have a secret about my real job teaching at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). Here it is: I learn more than my students do.The same is true here at Aparthotel Guijarros.The 8 staff here have plenty of...A Day Trip To The Country
By Ian Cowley June 5, 2011 - 4:37pmYesterday my host, Alejandra, picked me up at the hotel and we drove into the mountainous countryside south of Tegucigalpa to visit the two market towns of Santa Lucia and Valle de Angeles. Beautiful historic towns, warm people, lots to see.The...
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