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In January of 2014, two German Surfers quit their jobs and headed out into the world with nothing but two surfboards, a sharp knife, board shorts, and a backpack full of photo equipment with the goal of finding the best waves and local cuisine in Latin America. They spent a year on the road, starting in Cuba and moving down the Pacific coast of Mexico to Patagonia.<\/p>\n
The result is Salt & Silver: Travel, Surf, Cook<\/a>\u00a0—<\/em>\u00a0part travelogue, part cookbook — which traces the journey of Johannes \u201cJo\u201d Riffelmacher and Thomas \u201cCozy\u201d Kosikowski as they travel through Central and South America in search of the best surfing locations and food the continent has to offer. The books spans the local culture of eight countries, exploring the surfing communities, urban graffiti scenes, fishing villages, beaches, waves and kitchens of Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), Peru and Chile.<\/p>\n Inside, you will find over 90 recipes including: Tiradito de Atun con Aji Amarillo (Fresh Tuna With Pepper Sauce), Lobster Tails with Lemon-Garlic Butter, Lamb Tacos, Alino Criollo (Cuban Hot-and-Sour Sauce), Grilled Vegetable Teriyaki Salad, Panama Burgers with Homemade Buns, Tropical Pancakes, Breakfast Granola and Homemade Surf Wax (this one’s for your surfboard).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya<\/a><\/em> by William Carlsen, details the 1839 journey of two explorers, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, who uncovered and documented what would come to be known as the ruins of the Maya civilization.<\/p>\n Though not widely known, the explorers were the first to full understand the importance of the Maya remains, and their findings completely changed the prevailing assumptions about the development of civilization.<\/p>\n In preparation of the book, Carlsen actually traced Stephens and Catherwood\u2019s entire route himself, from ruin to ruin, in a 1985 Toyota Corolla — a 2,500 mile trek through the jungles of Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy in France<\/a><\/em>, by Thad Carhart (New York Times bestselling author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank<\/em>), recounts the author’s upbringing in 1950’s France along with the history of the imposing Ch\u00e2teau of Fontainebleau over the centuries.<\/p>\n Carhar’s father, a NATO officer at the time, moved his family, including his mother and four siblings to the provincial town of Fontainebleau, France, home of the beautiful Ch\u00e2teau of Fontainebleau. The book intertwines stories of France\u2019s post-war recovery with profiles of the monarchs who resided at Fontainebleau throughout the centuries and left their architectural stamp on the palace and its sizeable grounds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nJungle of Stone<\/h1>\n
Finding Fontainebleau<\/h1>\n
Meet Me in Atlantis<\/h1>\n