Every time I visit New Orleans, I visit old favorites – and then try something new. This trip, I finally made it to Restaurant Stella!, the French Quarter restaurant by Chef Scott Boswell.Stella opened right before I left in 2001, and I never got to try it. I have to admit that the exclamation...

By Michael K. Lavers, Contributing Writer I became a pescetarian nearly a year ago because I wanted to adopt a healthy diet that facilitated my weight loss. Traveling overseas can certainly prove challenging to anyone with dietary restrictions, but Chile’s nearly 4,000 miles of coastline provided...

When I set off for my week as a New Media Artist in Residence on the Hawaiian island of Lana’i, one food goal superceded all others: eat as much Hawaiian poke – fish salad prepared with raw seafood and marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, seaweed and other condiments   – as possible.Our...

By Andy Hayes, contributing writer You’re likely familiar with Los Angeles’s big league food and drink scene – some of America’s most famous restaurants are here, not to mention see-and-be-seen bars and celebrity haunts.  But if you’re a foodie looking for the latest trends in California...

As far as gastronomy goes, I’m not sure I’ll ever top the sumptuous multi-course tasting meal I experienced in March at Guy Savoy, the celebrated chef’s three-star Michelin restaurant in Paris.Sponsored by the journey planner ViaMichelin, the dinner brought together several well-known...

Updated Thanksgiving 2011: We’re orphans again this year, happily. We’ll be spending the day on the Olympic Peninsula with one of my old friends and her husband, who I have yet to meet. I’m excited to see her again, as she’s one of my New Orleans bunch, a group of friends that...

By Natalie Pompilio, contributing writer To put it nicely, my husband and I are healthy eaters, so we fully expected our two week trip to Argentina to feature steak, steak and more steak. So imagine our surprise when our favorite meal of the entire trip — Jordan says the best meal of his lifetime...

Last night marked my first visit to Safeco Field, where Seattle’s Mariners play professional baseball. I’m not a huge fan, but my friend and fellow blogger Meryl Pearlstein and her son are on a mission to see games in every stadium across the country. They scored a free ticket for me. Apparently...

I’m not going to lie: If I had my way, I’d live in hotels full-time. And if I’m really honest about things? My hotel of choice would be one of the sprawling Victorian fantasies built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 1800s. Now run by Fairmont, the CPR hotels were created...

On a cloudy Seattle summer day, a coworker and I took our lunch break in Pioneer Square. Not only did we see the inimitable New Orleans musician Trombone Shorty play at Occidental Park, we made a stop at the city’s famed sandwich shop, Salumi. Photo courtesy of Kitchen Wench (Flickr Creative...