I have heard it said that in China, the locals eat everything with four legs except a table. Though eating four legged creatures might seem a bit daunting, if you travel to China, at least try to avoid hotel dining rooms or American fast food, if you have other options. Eating in China is an...

Chilli. Red. White. Black. Cayenne. Paprika. Bell. Habanero. 

You get the drift.  These are the condiments I grew up on: sprinkling pepper on everything from eggs to beans just for the heck of it.

The last week has been a culinary meltdown of sorts. Cool cucumbers on every sandwich. Lox in...

St. Kitts & Nevis - a dual-island nation - offer some of the tastiest food
in the southern Caribbean. Thankfully, it doesn't really matter which island you visit, you're in for a
gastronomical treat.

Rawlins Plantation: Jerk chicken, breadfruit curry and a view that's almost as...

* May 2007

Being the crazy bag lady on the tube on my way to photoshoots and then
getting lost in an empty station with 97 steps to the top, almost
fainted - luckily I found another straggler who knew about the lift up.

Having
an 80 year old cabbie who could barely see, driving like a madman
through...

Ok, so everybody knows Ottawa is a one-horse government town full of WASPs with full pensions and great health plans. We don't even try to join in when Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver square off for the Best Ethnic Food heavyweight championship. (Toronto wins, by the way, though Van-city gets mad...

Being from California, I know a thing or two about ethnic foods. Here, it's almost unheard of to never have tried certain cuisines, namely Mexican and Chinese. But in other countries around the world, there are ethnic cuisines that are just as essential to the culinary experience as the traditional specialties....