https://www.scmp.com/rss/290249/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The first time musician and songwriter Jim Messina (of Loggins and Messina) brought his then-toddler son Julian to Solvang, it was Christmas time. As they pulled off Highway 101 and drove through a forest of old-growth trees, they entered the town and could hardly believe what they saw: hotels, post offices and city buildings with windmills and thatched roofs and bell towers, decorated in bright red, blue, green and yellow - the colours of a children's storybook. Santa and Mrs Claus roamed the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel/article/1119092/slice-danish-california?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel/article/1119092/slice-danish-california?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 When Frank Camorra was a child growing up in Melbourne in the 1970s, one major thing separated him from all his classmates: sandwiches. While he went to school with offerings made of Spanish ham, chorizo and fresh cheese drizzled with olive oil, his friends were munching on sugar sprinkles on buttered white bread. 'My schoolmates always made fun of my lunches,' he says. Back then, Melbourne was a place where you'd have a very hard time finding good olive oil, Spanish ham or any type of cured... https://www.scmp.com/article/981804/wake-and-smell-kofta?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/981804/wake-and-smell-kofta?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000