TRAVEL THE WORLD (WHILE STAYING AT HOME) BLOG

Nobody believed that the spaghetti salad recipe on the webpage was really from Togo. My Saint Lucian friend Gus, whose Ancestry test says...

The original plan was to cook a meal from Timor-Leste with Andrea, Mike, Shasten, Kaden, Perry, and Marcy on November 30 last year, but...

Gladys and I would have signed up for Chef Jet Tila’s Thai Town tour in Los Angeles, but it was not running during COVID, so we read...

When I was in high school, my dad was invited to go to Africa to advise in various hospitals. We didn’t say Tanzania, we said Africa. But...

Raquel, Robert, and I were in Boulder, Colorado for one of Robert’s college tours. Looking for lunch, Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse popped up...

Catherine left Taiwan at age 22. When she was growing up, she spent summers on her grandparents’ farm where they grew rice, fruit,...

Last Sunday, Michael offered to make homemade flatbread if we cooked a Syrian meal. Even though I have some great restaurants to...

After morning classes in France, my friends and I would walk down the hill, cross the border into Switzerland, and hitchhike into Geneva....

On December 31, Cathy, Chris, and I stood under a small overhang to protect us from the rain while we tried three Swedish pastries from...

Making food from Indonesia, celebrating an important milestone for India, and hearing a language from Ghana were not the things I...

Ellen, a medical anthropologist who has worked extensively in Sudan, is part of my local branch of the American Association of University...

Sheryll and I got a taste of Sri Lankan food and just kept going! First we tried Baja Sub, a little Mexican sandwich shop turned Sri...

Kristen was in fourth grade, learning about California history, and needing to do a report on five of the Spanish missions. Of course,...

South Sudanese falafels are different and can be found at several farmers’ markets in Los Angeles. I found this claim online and was...

South Africa is known for its unique and powerful contribution to conflict resolution, so although I will enjoy and honor their delicious...

I have traveled more for Somalian food than any other food yet. It’s that good. I learned this in 2019 when I was working in Redwood...

A public service announcement is necessary here: raw taro leaves are poisonous. Don't eat them unless fully cooked. I don’t understand...

Give yourself five hours of prep time if you want to make the Slovenian food that I made with Vonnett and Kevin in October. I started the...

In September, Mom, Dad, and I stopped on our way to Point Reyes to eat at Vladimir’s Czech Restaurant. I hadn’t found a Slovakian...

My work sent me to Redwood City several times in 2019, and it was lovely to meet up with Kristen for dinner as she was in San Jose...