Nakládaný Hermelín: Czech Marinated Cheese

by Camilla // April 22, 2012 // 6 Comments

Anthony Bourdain famously called Prague “the land that vegetables forgot.” While that’s a bit of an unfair assessment, it is true that Czech food tends to be heavy on the dumplings and meats, and breaded fried cheese is a real... Continue reading →

Transitory Tales: Rethinking Borders and Belonging

by Camilla // April 15, 2012 // 7 Comments

I dance on borders. As a dual American-Italian citizen with an immigrant mother and an African-American father, I came to understand early on that identity is a very fluid thing. I slip in and out of categories as easily as... Continue reading →

Prague’s “Little Hanoi”

by Camilla // April 1, 2012 // 2 Comments

People from Vietnam make up the third largest ethnic group in the Czech Republic–and Nguyen is the 9th most common last name in the entire country! The Vietnamese community has its roots its roots in Communist-era guest-worker programs, but immigration from Vietnam... Continue reading →

Biking in Prague

by Camilla // March 18, 2012 // 4 Comments

Don’t do it, Camilla, they told me. Are you crazy? You’re going to get yourself killed. You’d think that I had just told my friends that I was going to pick up base-jumping or shark diving as a weekend hobby. So, what... Continue reading →

Veronika Hilská: Jewelry Designer

by Camilla // March 11, 2012 // No Comments

I met Veronika Hilská last October during the Bienvenue Arts and Crafts Fair. Veronika, who studied jewelry design at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, was selling handcrafted accessories with a group of Czech and French artists in Prague’s picturesque,... Continue reading →

Náplavka Farmers’ Market

by Camilla // March 4, 2012 // 9 Comments

Czechs are a very outdoorsy people, and so I was surprised to learn that farmers’ markets are a relatively recent phenomenon here. According to expats.cz, Elsewhere in Europe, consumers have had the opportunity to purchase locally-sourced food and drink from... Continue reading →

Georgia on My Mind

by Camilla // February 19, 2012 // 6 Comments

Tbilisi may be the coolest city you’ve never thought of visiting (or maybe you have, and I’m underestimating how awesome you are). Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia (the country in the Caucasus, not the U.S. state). The city, founded... Continue reading →