“To eat well in England you should have breakfast three times a day.’
W. Somerset Maugham
I travel quite a bit. Sometimes more than I would like. When I visit other countries I like to sample the culture as much as I can. One of the greatest ways to understand a people, is to join them at the table. This is where you discover who they are, what they value, and what nourishes them. So much of who we are comes from what we eat, and how we eat it, that you can understand people by what they eat for each meal.
To understand a man, I don’t need to walk a mile in his shoes, I need to eat his favorite meal with him. This often poses a challenge to maintain my paleo lifestyle in foreign countries. I tend to only do this for some meals, and when I am eating by myself I search out some semblance of a paleo diet. This is actually one of my biggest problems with eating paleo. I have been ruined. I know how good I feel when I eat clean, and it detracts from enjoying some of my travels. I find myself dreading trips to certain countries where I know that I will be challenged to find paleo food.
I make sure to always have a few paleo packs on hand, and I go out of my way to find options that fit within my personal dietary goals. Invariably, I will spend much more time looking for a good meal than I would have otherwise.
I am happy to experience the culinary arts of every country or region, but after I spend enough time traveling, sometimes I just need steak and vegetables. Why does that have to be so hard to find?