Browsing Through Books

More and more travel memoirs these days include chapters about food. And more and more books about cooking and food include exotic travel....

Despite the fact that most major companies have pulled out of Dayton, Ohio and that all the highway entrance ramps into Dayton are curre...

If you've ever been to Cincinnati, someone has probably insisted that you try Cincinnati chili. It's what we're known for, like...

There's only one place to get Obama cookies: Moulin de Provence in Ottawa, Canada.  The cookies are named for the President, wh...

 How could we not love a food served in small cardboard boxes?  I never in a million years dreamed that I would like poutine. ...

I wrote a few days ago about a cooking class I took in Brussels and how it made me miss my son But I'd also like to share what it wa...

After flight delays, painful contortions on the plane that resulted in no sleep, and being told that my hotel room in Brussels wouldn’t ...

If you watch enough Food Network, you start to incorporate some of the celebrity chefs' dishes into your repertoire. We've culle...

A 30-mile drive, a lactose intolerant daughter, and cholesterol/weight concerns did nothing to deter us from going to the Banana Split Fe...

One of the best things about traveling is all the regional foods you can try. When I was in China, I ate Chinese food. When I was in Main...

At some restaurants, children are given coloring books and crayons. Or word jumbles and mazes on their paper placemats. One pizza restau...

Apparently April 19th is Garlic Day. That brings one thing immediately to mind for me: The Stinking Rose in San Francisco's North Be...

Would you believe we got to Lady & Sons restaurant, and none other than Paula Deen herself escorted us in? We skipped the line and she ...

We love Fridays during Lenten season and have become something of local fish fry connoisseurs, having scouted newspapers, websites, and hom...

If you start a diet in January, things go okay for about a month. But in February, it all falls apart. February is so fattening. There...

We were already thinking of having Key lime pie while in Key West, but when we watched Rachael Ray's $40 A Day , that cinched it. She t...

While researching plans for our visit to Rothenburg, Germany, I came across Rick Steves' review of things to see and do there. One thi...

I credit Food Network and all the other cable cooking channels for exposing us to the wide variety of leafy greens. Ten years ago I probabl...

With only three hours to explore Amsterdam, I spent my time walking and walking and walking. The city is beautiful; the architecture, the cr...