The laid-back city’s excellent restaurants, stunning scenery and distinct coffee culture are beckoning more and more travelers. I’m proud to say Portland, Oregon is my hometown. It has changed tremendously since I was growing up in the 1980s and 90s. Back then it felt more like a town: Now, it’s […]
No, the food is not always good in Italy. Here are spots to seek out in Rome, Tuscany, Venice and more. People often ask me where to eat in Italy. This isn’t as easy of a question to answer as you might think. While Italy is one of the world’s […]
Talking local ingredients and graffiti with Septime Chef Bertrand Grébaut plus tips for snagging a reservation. While it’s true that many non-French chefs have helped reinvigorate Paris’s dining scene in recent years, there are plenty of native sons who are contributing immensely. I think the neo-bistro Septime, owned and operated […]
45 minutes north of its more famous neighbor Coeur d’Alene, this town on Idaho’s largest lake offers equally beautiful scenery and fewer crowds. Each summer, my family spends two weeks in Sandpoint, a town on Lake Pend Oreille in the Idaho Panhandle. I’ve done my fair share of traveling and I […]
Make your visits to the boulangerie more memorable and delicious by following these tips for ordering bread in Paris. When I moved to Paris in 2015, I began making frequent trips to my neighborhood boulangerie just like Parisians do. On the first few visits, I found the frenetic pace and […]
If you’re a woman interested in starting a travel-related business, this empowering annual conference in New York City is for you. I’ve been writing about food and travel since 2012. During that time, I’ve reached many of my goals like being published in The New York Times and Travel + […]