You may remember that Lance Armstrong dedicated a day of this year’s Tour de France to the five cyclists injured in a road accident in Kanata, Canada. We arrived in the country to find that the accused driver faced five more charges relating to the incident:
Ottawa Citizen 27th August 2009
I’ve read a few books whilst I’ve been away….well, there’s not much else to wile away the time on transatlantic flights and the food in this book was of much more interest than the in-flight offerings!
The Hungry Cyclist. Author: Tom Kevill-Davies. Paperback, 2009, Collins.
Tom Kevill-Davies cycled 15,000 miles from New York to Rio de Janeiro and this is an entertaining record of his ride and quest for the genuine food flavours of the Americas.
“I could not help but be exposed to the real flavours, smells, ingredients and people of the cultures I rode into…..I ate where the people of the country were eating. Markets, homes, the street, the beach, rivers, campfires, trees and truck stops.”
Sounds like a recipe for some spectacular food poisoning incidents but Tom survived his epic cyclo-culinary expedition with good humour and picked up some intriguing recipes which are detailed at the chapter ends. I like the sound of Peba Caipira but I’m not sure where I’ll find an armadillo (this is an armadillo stew)…wonder if hedgehog might do instead?