S is for sad … and for the mysterious appetite that often surges in us when our hearts seem breaking and our lives too bleakly empty.

P is for peas … naturally! … and for a few reasons why the best peas I ever ate in my life were, in truth, the best peas I ever ate in my life.

The remote Himalayan village of Marpha is home to gracious innkeepers, varied cuisines, and some of the best rice in the world. (registration required)

Colleen Clark finds 10 cities where the music's hot and the food rocks

Surrounded by mementos of a richly lived life, unassuming culinary powerhouse Edna Lewis talks to Chang-Rae Lee about political activism, running a restaurant, and strawberry shortcake....

Her extended Cuban family has long made peace with the rhythms of life in Miami. Still, when it comes to some things (like, say, the Christmas pig), the old ways die hard.

The rush of excitement on this bountiful peninsula comes from discovering farm stands, restaurants, wineries, and a burgeoning food scene.

Benjamin Franklin returned from Paris with 126 suitcases. This biographer and her family came back with significantly less—and more.

There was nothing here but marshland when Peter the Great cut a cross in the soggy ground and proclaimed, “Here we will build our city!”