With her mom jeans and gold Madonna on a chain swinging between her breasts, Marianna Giuditta reminds me of mothers I grew up around in my New Jersey neighborhood. It makes sense, since so many of... Read more >>

Many years ago, a friend and I spent a week in Paris, bumming around cathedrals and fountains and cafés. One cold and rainy morning, we walked across the Pont Neuf to the Ile de la Cite, the... Read more >>

In broken French, I made a lunch reservation at Le Miramar to try Bouillabaisse, the culinary highlight of Marseille. This world famous dish can be found all over, however, as I was told by my French... Read more >>

I’m not what you would call an adventurous eater—I’d rather jump out of a plane than try some mystery meat or roadside-stand grub. So the only interesting thing I’ve come... Read more >>

Things didn’t start out well on my visit to Positano, Italy. The day we arrived in September was the first day it had rained in six months according to the locals. During a torrential downpour,... Read more >>

Four years ago, my mom and I went on a European adventure together, traveling through small towns in Spain and France. The food in Spain was not only delicious, but also the kind of food I love. All... Read more >>

We arrived in Naples after the sun had already set. The Bible (our Let’s Go travel guide) gushed, “Huge line outside is an even better indication of quality than the legion of reviews.... Read more >>

As I sat at the large round table, a savory pot of boiling soup in front of me, my stomach started to rumble. After months of unfamiliar Mongolian food, I was ready for Asian hot pot—a DIY... Read more >>

I love pursuing new experiences when I travel, usually to the delight of my taste buds. But when I think about my favorite food finds—falafel from a café in Barcelona, a gozleme (Turkish... Read more >>

I’ve traveled a lot through countries where “weird” food was the norm. There was the elderly Laotian woman who got on my bus chewing a skewered bat (I only understood what it was... Read more >>