Hash brown egg casserole

With bacon and onions! It's kind of like a Spanish omelette but with hash browns (homemade!) and sriracha.

Swiss vineyard paradise

Grocery store near the Italy/Switzerland border. 

When you pick out your produce... 

... you weight it. Thank god for the pictures.

Lunch on the go with Super and Augie...

Sandwiches on top of the Europcar. 

At the foot of the Alps in Switzerland.
Dinner was a success! A campfire, hotdogs, salads, and Swiss wine!!

The Flying Chamberlinis.

This morning: juice, bread and nutella, bananas, sausage...

Breakfast bar on the vineyard wall. 

Camp-cooking & grocery shopping in Italy

A quick post about my travels! We're on day 4 of a 21 day journey from Genoa, Italy to Gothenberg, Sweden. I've got six people and a baby to feed everyday, and I'm definitely still learning what the heck and how the heck to feed these people on a budget. We have two camp stoves but ran out of fuel, so we bought a new butane/propane burner we may get to test today. -- But I think we'll be moving away from  camp-cooking like a hobos and more towards cold cuts and canned foods... 

A mess! Probably illegal!

Italian grocery store experiences:

The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read says, "This looks like milk, I think."

Sup amused by the tiny Italian Cokes.

The strongest espresso I've ever had. In Alessandria, Italy. 

Italian pizza

The European adventure has started! There haven't been any great adventures with food yet here in Fado, Italy, but I get to try some authentic Italian pizza.

Mmm, prosciutto.

[Awww, I owe you a photo of pizza. Slow connection. Many apologies.]

Cali's

I'll say this: I'm surprised the reviews on Google for Cali's aren't better. It's one of my favorite places. They've got great lo mein, delicious big bowl soups, and the "pan-Asian" fare like cashew chicken or whatever.

I had a streak of ordering the almond chicken (ugh, perfectly roasted almond slicesss), but I almost always go with the tofu lo mein. Might not be the best tofu, but it's fast, full of veggies, and they'll make it real-spicy for you instead of just Minnesota-spicy.

And, yeah, the greenhouse dining area is tacky and weird -- well so am I! It's in my neighborhood, and everybody that works there is really nice and remembers me. Last time I went, they didn't even give me a menu; she knew I wasn't gonna look at it anyway. Plus they switched to really nice chopsticks... but then again they got rid of the Chinese zodiac placemats. Still my favorite!

Why are woks so expensive?! Want: Scanpan CTX Nonstick Wok with Rack and Sticks, 12.75 inch - 12.75"

Mostly I just wanted to post that picture of me because I think it's funny. A little bit cross-eyed, mouth open like ALWAYS -- but I look badass eating with chopsticks.