Food Archives - Matt Dursum

Inside the Flavors of Feijoada, Brazil’s National Dish

By wayfarersoliloquy | April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 by wayfarersoliloquy

Words by Matt Dursum Like many national dishes, Brazil’s Feijoada comes from humble roots. In this hearty stew, beans, spices, and various cuts of pork, sometimes including the scraps like pork knuckle and pork ear, are cooked down to perfection. Feijoada is divinely flavorful and reflects the complex and sometimes painful history and cultural diversity of Brazil. Almost immediately after arriving in Brazil, I treated myself to an endless helping of the rich bean stew.…

The World of Yerba Mate

By wayfarersoliloquy | April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 by wayfarersoliloquy

Get out your gourd. Yerba Mate is the South American tea that deserves all its praise Words by Matt Dursum If you’ve traveled to South America, you’ve likely seen people of all ages walking around with gourds or egg-shaped ceramic cups with a straw and a large thermos of water. This is the omnipresent mate culture of South America, a tea drinking practice that puts other tea-obsessed places like England and Japan to shame. Yerba…

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Best Meals from One Year in Latin America: South America

By wayfarersoliloquy | November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 by wayfarersoliloquy

Words and photos by Matt Dursum For one year, my girlfriend and I have been successfully living in Latin America. We started part one of this journey into butchering our way through Spanish fluency and getting our careers as newbie journalists off the ground in Mexico. Part two started in Chile. We have since moved slowly through the continent’s southern stretches of coastline, forest, and mountains. Out of all the delectable food we’ve eaten along…

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Best Meals From One Year in Latin America: Mexico

By wayfarersoliloquy | November 10, 2022January 28, 2024 by wayfarersoliloquy

Words and photos by Matt Dursum A year ago, my girlfriend and I packed away a week’s worth of clothing, our computers, some electronics and gear, and jumped on a plane to Mexico. Our goal was simple. We were going to work remotely while living in Latin America. We are proud to say it’s been working. One year in and all we can talk about is food. The cuisine we ate in Mexico and South…

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Mushroom Hunting Memories for the Soul

By wayfarersoliloquy | October 11, 2022October 15, 2022 by wayfarersoliloquy

Words and photos by Matt Dursum WARNING! DO NOT TREAT THIS AS A MUSHROOM HUNTING GUIDE. PLEASE DO NOT EAT WILD MUSHROOMS UNLESS YOU ARE 100% SURE YOU IDENTIFIED THEM PROPERLY This October, my friends inundated my social media inbox with photos from their fall hiking trips in Michigan. They included every mushroom they found, knowing that I would be obsessively trying to identify them. The same weekend, I saw my favorite vlogger Alexis Nikole…

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