Noshing on the run...

Eating while on vacation. For some people it’s the reason they travel–they research, find the best spots, make reservations. For others, not so much.

I am in the latter camp.  Food isn’t my thing. If I could get through the day without having to eat, I would on most days. That’s just as true at home [...]

Hotel food...

Not everyone appreciates the art that is hotel food.

Some places do it up fancy, schmancy. Some do it plain and simple. Some do it with a horrifying inability to create anything even remotely edible.

Herewith I give you my memorable experiences with hotel dining, for better and worse:

Breakfast buffet my last day in Tokyo with fried [...]

Lavender dreams…

In Provence, I ate lavender flavored ice cream and wild rosemary sprigs I picked off the bushes.

As you know, I don’t often fondly recall food experiences from my travels, as I am the anti-gourmand. But those two experiences stand out in my mind and have for a long time. That trip was 2004!

Send licorice...

Perhaps my quest should be to train to become a licorice connoisseur. It occurs to me there would be a lot to document for something like that. First on the list would be to find out if there actually is such a thing. If so, then I’d track these folks down and pepper them with [...]

Eating feet...

How did I end up owning a jar of pieds et paquets? That, indeed, is a logical question; as I am not known for my  love of eating either feet or stomach.

Picture it: Provence in May. Small group of writers–class each morning, excursion each afternoon, travel writing homework each evening. The final assignment: interview a [...]