Welcome!

Welcome to the newly redesigned Amateur Gastronomer website!  I created this site in early 2007 to write about my travels and culinary adventures.  With the new website comes more frequent entries — I’ll be blogging about wine tastings, my favorite local restaurants and pretty much anything else that inspires me!  You can also click on [...]

Bali

When I imagined Bali I thought of a far away tropical paradise, a lush and luxurious escape from the ordinary. What I found exceeded my imagination – a landscape dotted with flowers in every imaginable color, their sweet smell floating in the breeze, sparkling blue-green water, a fascinating dedication to tradition, and a place where [...]