Roni Mazumdar (of MasalaWala) and wife Sreoshy Banerjea. The 4th annual New York Travel Festival, taking place in Brooklyn from April 14-17, offers a range of travel-focused experiences—from panel sessions to workshops to culinary adventures. Today, “Real Chefs in Action” featured cooking demonstrations from New York vendors. Chicks To Go, a Peruvian rotisserie (Rockaway Beach, NY), served a salmon and shrimp ceviche with Peruvian corn. […]

After arriving home from a recent trip to India, my husband said he’d like to cook Valentine’s Day dinner for me. Sweet, I thought, excited that he’d be chef de cuisine for a night. He had traveled to India to help his mom move from Bangalore to Goa, so I assumed my surprise meal would be a delicious Goan curry. Coincidentally, I’d attended an event […]

On my birthday, with 24 hours to spend in Venice, I did what any foodie would do: I scheduled a food tour. What better way to usher in a new year than an afternoon spent nibbling on fresh Venetian fare? Venice, a group of 118 islands with approximately 56,000 residents in total, is home to many culinary inventions: the bellini, white peach puree mixed with […]

“It just feels like you’re eating a piece of the sun. It’s so cheerful; it makes me happy in the morning,” said Kat Vorotova, co-founder and co-CEO of Try The World, a bi-monthly subscription box that allows you to sample difficult-to-find products from around the globe. One of her favorite discoveries, a clementine jam from Corsica by Charles Antona, is made from a special species […]

Guest Post by Hugo Dos Santos. When I was a child growing up in Lisbon, my grandparents lived down the street in a small, one-bedroom apartment. That street, Calçada de Sant’ana, is on one of the city’s steepest hills, its cobblestones forever missing or uneven. It is a winding street, but for a good stretch it’s a straight shot of the shoulder-to-shoulder buildings typical of […]

Guest Post by Eleni N. Gage. I’ve looked at cakes from both sides now. When I was young, I never needed anyone. And eating cake was just for fun. But then, at age 27, I moved to the tiny, mountaintop village in Greece where my father was born to oversee the rebuilding of my grandparents’ house, which had fallen into ruin after the Greek Civil […]

Guest Post by Murwarid Abdiani.  My parents, like all Afghans I knew, were spontaneous social animals. They’d wake on a Saturday morning, decide that the house had been much too quiet during the workweek, and then call everyone they knew to invite them over for an evening of bacchanalian merriment. On these occasions, my frenzied family came together to work like a well-oiled machine—everyone playing […]

Guest Post by Nayomi Munaweera. Sri Lankan cuisine is a rich and complex blend of flavors. It consists of rice or another staple—hoppers, pittu or string hoppers—served with a minimum of five curries. I describe it as a marriage between Ethiopian and Thai. Of course, some South Indian dishes are similar, but what most Americans think of as “Indian” is North Indian and in my […]

On a whirlwind 24-hour trip to Hong Kong, I dined at Sing Yin (星宴) in the W Hotel. I usually try to avoid hotel restaurants — I prefer to venture into cities and discover hidden local venues that serve authentic native cuisine. This time, jet lag won. I’m glad it did. Sing Yin covers most of the major regions of China, with a focus on Cantonese […]

This post is dedicated to Ante Pernar, a beloved figure on the island of Pag, who passed away last year. It was summer, and Ante had a cold. As his Jeep rumbled down the barren, rocky hill, patches of Adriatic Sea shimmered and winked in the distance. We descended from a high plateau on the moonscape island of Pag—Croatia’s most indented island—famous for Paški sir, […]