travel + culture
Wish You Were Here: Morocco
In Morocco, three food editors follow their noses to a spice bazaar, hike into the High Atlas, and lose their hearts to the land.
May 2007
- Keywords
- ruth cousineau,
- paul grimes,
- maggie ruggiero,
- africa,
- travel
travel + culture
Savor the Shore
Brazil itself may be the world's finest cultural stew. Africa, Asia, and all of Europe melt into the native traditions.
May 2007
- Keywords
- ian knauer,
- south america,
- travel,
- latino,
- test kitchen
travel + culture
From Melting Pot to Magic Meadow
Although it's true that Switzerland is Dairyland, and the fondues are fragrant and gooey, I learned there's a lot more to Swiss cooking than cheese.
May 2007
- Keywords
- gina marie miraglia eriquez,
- travel,
- europe,
- meat,
- cheese
travel + culture
Shrimply Marvelous; Crabs, Too
For seasonal seafood aficionados in Quebec, springtime
signals the arrival of two much-loved local crustaceans.
04.30.07
- Keywords
- adam gollner,
- quebec,
- montreal,
- seafood
travel + culture
Workers' Paradise in Buenos Aires
I gasped as I walked into El Obrero, in a run-down part of town. It was the kind of place I've been trying to track down all my life.
04.27.07
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- buenos aires,
- restaurants
travel + culture
The Crepe Escape
A few summers ago, I worked as a crepemaker and waitress at
a Left Bank creperie.
04.26.07
- Keywords
- julia langbein,
- paris,
- food prep
travel + culture
Walk—Don't Walk—In Vietnam
A new phrase has cropped up in the local parlance of Vietnam: "The Hawaiian Shirt Patient,".
04.26.07
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- vietnam,
- asia
travel + culture
Hard to Let Those Good Times Roll: Part 2
It doesn’t take much to get New Orleanians to talk about Katrina and ever-after-Katrina—what they lost and what they worry about.
04.03.07
- Keywords
- new orleans,
- southern u.s.,
- elizabeth mccracken
travel + culture
Hard to Let Those Good Times Roll: Part 1
On our first full day in town, we went on a "devastation tour." I'm struggling for adjectives to describe what we saw.
04.02.07
- Keywords
- new orleans,
- southern u.s.,
- elizabeth mccracken
travel + culture
Tri-City Sandwich Sweepstakes
Sydney more than holds its own in the sandwich stakes, most notably of late with the roast pork panini at the new cafe, Sopra.
03.03.07
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- restaurants,
- sydney,
- australia