The Willows Restaurant – Lummi Island – November 4, 2018

  The experience of a place. At a certain moment. At a certain time. To celebrate the objects around you and see their perfection. Their uniqueness. Their connection to the land and its mechanisms of timeless balance. Is to understand…

Pineapple and Pearls – May 8th, 2018

  I was visiting Washington DC for a couple of nights and chef Aaron Silverman’s two Michelin starred Pineapple and Pearls came highly recommended. The website is a bit mysterious with no sample menu and very few photos. The restaurant…

You better Belize it! Getting slow on Caye Caulker, Belize.

This place made me feel good. A little piece of paradise. I can imagine myself one day dropping off the grid and tending a thatched-roof sand-floor bar waiting on the next massive hurricane to sweep me out into a windex…

The West Virginia hotdog and other sandwiches of my youth. A tour of classic diners and drive-ins of Huntington, West Virginia.

  Huntington, West Virginia is my childhood home. Where I was born and raised. And where my family still lives. I grew up exploring the beautiful decay and abandoned industrialscapes that once boomed here some time before I met the…

Chicago sandwich tour! From the mighty Italian beef to the elusive mother-in-law.

I have the good fortune to be friends with Jim and Mindy Behymer. Mindy is Katy’s cousin and Jim her husband is the author of the notoriously delicious sandwich blog TheSandwichTribunal.com in which Jim is researching and making, often from…

From trdelníky to goulash: the hunt for traditional Czech food in Prague.

                              Umodre Kachnicky Restaurant specializing in duck. I chose the tasting menu.                 The Hemingway Bar   The Chili…