Fresh Start

Breakfast while traveling has a special meaning for me. It allows me the leisure to process the first thoughts of the day, providing a taste I associate with the country, and it gives me the energy to start the day in a good mood. On my trip through Iran, I especially enjoyed the first meal of the day because the quality of the ingredients was so incredibly good: the tomatoes were perfectly ripe and juicy, the feta cheese creamy, the olives aromatic, the cucumbers crunchy, the Persian bread fresh from the oven, and the scrambled eggs heartily seasoned. A wonderfully refreshing start to a dry hot day in the Orient.

Yazd (Iran), May 2014