Julie’s Raw Ambition

Warning: This post is loaded with vented steam of a highly personal nature topped off with some choice word cherry bombs.

For the next few weeks, I foresee this blog becoming more of a travel journal. That’s all fine and dandy with me because food, travel, and lifestyle are synonymous in my book. During [...]

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Traveling gives me the opportunity to catch up on all my periodicals. Although it’s a bit ridiculous, sometimes this means flipping through back issues from 2007! I can’t help it. I am a magazine junkie. If you could only see my cabinet full of them - stacks and stacks of 18+ subscriptions, [...]

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Let me take a moment from raw talk to show off what I got in the mail yesterday just in time for the ‘08 summer travel season. I’m soooo V.I.P.! Well, at least for a few moments at the airport!

Fed up with security lines at the airport? Tired of cranky TSA agents assaulting [...]

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See more of these durian photos on Flickr!
When I went to my favorite Asian foods market today in Viet-town for young coconuts and bento boxes, I didn’t expect to find a whole barrel full of live, REAL, fresh durians! I’d finally come face to face with the elusive fruit I have only heard of [...]

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Julie’s Raw Ambition is officially proclaiming the role as Sea Vegetable Queen. . .the passionate voice of advocacy for that weird, squiggy, shriveled-up dark brownish leafy stuff found in plastic packages that read “Wakame”, “Wild Atlantic Kombu”, or “Laver” in the Asian section of your local Whole Foods or health food store. You know [...]

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This absolutely cool Zumex orange juice machine is nothing too new. You may have even seen them in juice bars or restaurants. This particular one has been with me for almost two years, and even longer for my husband since he bought it way before we were married. Why am I just [...]

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Welcome to my blog’s new home! There’s a lot of folks out there on Blogger, and I don’t like to have to bash, but that place was a really a test on my nerves. Why did I move? Here, there are many more, cleaner designed templates, more versatility, more functionality, more widgets, [...]

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I’m a total foodie and admitted wino. I’m a Food Network junkie, subscribe to most of the popular culinary rags like Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Saveur, and Vegetarian Times to name a few. When my husband and I travel, a big highlight is all about the restaurants we’ll visit. I’ve managed to find [...]

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