The death of a loved one is an inevitable part of our lives but it doesn't have to suck you and render lifeless — I feel I am one of those people who has complete rights to write on such a sensitive topic given the number of deaths I have witnessed in my family. I lost my father at 8, mother at 18, grandma at 3, grandpa at 31, my real aunt at 14…

Make sure you stop eating first — When we say Italian food, we often think that many popular and delicious dishes like Tagliatelle pasta, Bolognese sauce, chicken Parmesan, and, of course, pizza. We rarely think of the dishes that were popular with the Ancient Romans such as dolphin meatballs, parrot heads, and fermented fish guts. The people…

Bon Appetit — In 1929, a massive stock market crash ushered in a nearly decade-long worldwide economic depression that would prove to be the most prolonged and widespread in recent history. The rise of refrigeration, changes in the food supply chain, and the increased need for inexpensive meals led to a drastic change…

This will change the way you look at pirates — One of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean album can be heard singing, Yo, ho, ho! A pirate’s life for me. It makes a catchy lyric for sure. But the person who had written this had no idea, how unbelievably disgusting and disease-ridden, a pirate’s living conditions were. The absence of…

A thoughtful poetry — I am at a place in my life. Though it’s close to perfect it's not the ultimate destination. And because I’m aware of it I’m working hard to leave this post and to another. The other post seems near though it is far away but that’s okay. I shall chase…