Apr 2nd, 2013 at 12:00PM: There's a certain breed of traveler who will, often to their detriment, go to extreme lengths to avoid looking like a tourist. I know, because I'm one of them. Whatever spawned this phobia is anyone's guess, but I really, really, really dislike standing out in a crowd, especially if that crowd is foreign, and I'm eating.
While I also sneak looks at maps and guidebooks on the DL when I'm lost, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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How To Eat Bolivian Street Food (Without Shame)
Apr 2nd, 2013 at 12:00PM: There's a certain breed of traveler who will, often to their detriment, go to extreme lengths to avoid looking like a tourist. I know, because I'm one of them. Whatever spawned this phobia is anyone's guess, but I really, really, really dislike standing out in a crowd, especially if that crowd is foreign, and I'm eating.
While I also sneak looks at maps and guidebooks on the DL when I'm lost, ...Hangover Cures: A Global Primer
Dec 26th, 2012 at 3:00PM: New Year's Eve is fast approaching, so what better time to provide a list of hangover cures from around the world? Our friends at Alice Marshall Public Relations in New York asked some of their clients about local versions of hair-of-the-dog. Unsurprisingly, the preferred remedies all have a distinctly regional flavor. Here's to a headache-and-nausea-free January 1!
St. Barts
On this notorious ...Learn A Culinary History Of Thanksgiving In America
Oct 31st, 2012 at 12:00PM: Ever wonder how pumpkin pie and roast turkey came to be synonymous with Thanksgiving? You may want to get yourself to Brooklyn restaurant The Farm on Adderley on November 13, when food blogger and "historic gastronomist" Sarah Lohman hosts an evening of "American Cookery" with a culinary history of Thanksgiving. Taste and learn about all of the holiday favorites, from mashed potatoes to green bean ...Think Globally, Eat Locally At Culinary Backstreets
Jul 28th, 2012 at 11:00AM: Budget-savvy and food-loving visitors to Istanbul have found an excellent resource in Istanbul Eats for several years, and now can find more authentic and off-the-beaten-path tips in Athens, Barcelona, and Shanghai, with Mexico City on the way. Culinary Backstreets was launched this week as an extension of IstanbulEats.com, a blog reviewing Turkey's best street food, hole-in-the-wall restaurants ...Get Ready For The Olympics With Andaz's World Food Marathon
May 19th, 2012 at 1:00PM: While the Olympic Games are associated with international sports, Andaz Liverpool Street in London will be focusing on international food during the weeks leading up to the big event.
The five-star luxury hotel will be looking to staff members of its four Andaz restaurants – 1901, Catch, Eastway and Miyako – to help create the menu. Pulling from the 40 different nationalities that ...Dim sum has a little somethin'-somethin' for everyone
Feb 21st, 2012 at 12:00PM: I realize that Chinese New Year ended on February 6th, but in an effort to establish that there's no bad time to visit Hong Kong or eat Cantonese food, I decided that now would be a good time to write about dim sum (also, I'm a terrible procrastinator. Is it really almost St. Paddy's Day?).
Hong Kong means different things to different people. Some go for the bargains on everything from cameras ...Dropping the F-bomb: why "foodie" needs to go away
Oct 13th, 2011 at 8:00AM:
Life used to be so easy. You ate to live. Then, man discovered fire and realized mastodon tastes a lot better with a nice sear on it. Around 500,000 years later, Homo foodieus evolved, and now it's impossible to go out to eat without camera flashes going off at the tables around you.
Mercifully, there's a Foodie Backlash taking root in America, and I feel the time is ripe (Did you see how I ...Enjoy unlimited cooking classes and more at the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Harvest Festival
Oct 4th, 2011 at 2:00PM: From November 1-November 23, 2011, people looking for the ultimate experience in food and wine should head over to New Mexico for the Santa Fe Harvest Festival. During the festival, ticket holders are entitled to unlimited cooking classes and discounts on lodging and dining, allowing them to fully experience the hospitality and food culture of the area. The kickoff for the event includes a server ...Photo of the day - Walk this way in Malaysia
May 26th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
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Photo of the Day is from Malacca, Malaysia, a nice slice-of-life from Flickr user Don Wright of a local family out on a walk. We're intrigued right now with Malacca after following the tweets and dispatches of the bloggers at Eating Asia, who are currently eating their way through Malacca. Malaysia is becoming increasingly well-known as a culinary hotspot and with colorful lakma, ...6-course mobile gourmet meal served aboard NYC subway car
May 9th, 2011 at 12:30PM:
Pop-up shops, hotels, and restaurants are all the rage, and dining cars are standard on most long-distance trains but what do you call a pop-up restaurant on a subway car? Earlier this month, a 6-course mobile gourmet meal was served on board a New York City subway car by supper club A Razor, A Shiny Knife with participation from "culinary collective" and Gadling favorite Studiofeast. Diners ...
Roadkill cuisine: a guide to why and where you should pick up that possum
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 11:00AM: Reduce, reuse, recycle is hardly a new concept. Except when it's applied to roadkill. Oh, sure, backwoods folk, the itinerant, and gritty survivalist types have been making good use of roadside casualties for years. Slowly but surely however, the benefits of roadkill cuisine have been creeping into the public conscience.
Witness the popularity of The Original Roadkill Cookbook and its ilk, or ...Five American-style North Korean restaurants for foodies
Nov 8th, 2010 at 8:00AM: This may not have been the case a few years ago, but Pyongyang is definitely on its way to becoming a culinary destination ... well, maybe not. Nonetheless, it is pretty wild that the self-isolating regime has let slip some pretty wild information about the dining options available in the capital. If you can finagle a way into North Korea and somehow get yourself a bit of freedom to move, there ...Daily Pampering: Surrender to Spa Montage
Jan 27th, 2010 at 4:00PM: Spend four days at Spa Montage, and you'll never look at the world the same way. The Montage Laguna Beach is offering a series of decadent spa treatments that start on Sundays and end on Thursdays in this resort perched atop a coastal bluff. Occupy one of the resort's 250 rooms and prepare to be revitalized in its 20,000 square-foot spa.
The all-inclusive spa package begins with conversation ...Spend Valentine's Day in Nevis, save 25 percent
Jan 13th, 2010 at 8:00AM: If you want to do something truly spectacular for Valentine's Day, you need to get started immediately. The best spots will disappear quickly. Among the hot deals that are out there is a getaway to the Montpelier Plantation Resort in Nevis. For a mere $574 a night at this upscale destination, you can enjoy the warmth and seclusion of a small Caribbean island accessible only by boat ... but a mere ...The Port Authority hot dog
Dec 29th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
I don't think anybody enters a bus station looking for an unforgettable culinary experience – at least not a good one. But, when you're in transit, you need to eat, especially if you're staring down several hours on what is quite possibly the most unpleasant form of transportation. So, before dashing down to see the in-laws on Christmas Eve, I stopped at Villa Pizza, in the southern part ...
Tokyo restaurants tops in Michelin
Nov 17th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Tokyo is the top dining city in the world, according to the latest Michelin Guide. With 11 restaurants at three stars, it's pushed past Paris, the former top dog in the culinary world. Eight of the nine Tokyo restaurants with three starts retained their Michelin ratings year-over-year, and three were bumped up from two stars to three for 2010. Paris has only 10 three-star restaurants in the 2010 ...A taste of Seoul, Korea: Three nights
Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Korean food is hot! "Spicy" is probably the most prominent flavor in Korean cooking, but it's also a sign of the increasing popularity of Korean cuisine. Everywhere you turn these days, it seems like someone is talking about Korean food, from New York's superstar chef David Chang to the insanely popular Kogi food truck in Los Angeles. But for all the buzz Korean food is getting among eaters, many ...Hotdogs: the Montreal and New York taste test
Oct 21st, 2009 at 8:00AM: It was fun to bring Montreal food insider Katerine Rollet into the world of hotdogs. Her refined palate is more accustomed to the culinary masterpieces she unearths in her home town, and she has the impeccable judgment that a food-illiterate like me can only admire. But, for a moment in New York and a moment farther north, she decided to come down to my level and explore the world of ...Become a chef for a day at the Lodge at Vail
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 8:00AM: Culinarily inept? Well, if you are, you're not alone (and you're in good company ... with me). The Lodge at Vail, a RockResort, has exactly the solution for those of us who believe cooking dinner involves a phone call. The Colorado Cookin' package will make you a chef for a day, as Executive Chef Rahm Fama takes you through the local farmers' market and into the Cucina Rustica restaurant's kitchen ...The Accidental Chef Travels: An Introduction
Jun 30th, 2009 at 3:00PM: This post is the first installment of my culinary travel feature column, "The Accidental Chef Travels". Come join me to discover all that's delicious!
I think the best way to introduce myself is to begin with the basics. I grew up in an unusual family -- part West Virginia hillbilly (we proudly hail from the mountainous coalfields) and part academic, since despite having a few economic and ...
