Broke and busy, I couldn’t get it together to go away. Instead, I had this great plan to fool myself into thinking I was abroad by having a dish a day from holidays past. I did have two successful meals but a hundred and one things came up and I ended up barely sitting down [...]

I spent three nights in New York on my way back from my dreamy holiday in Mexico, and as always with New York, there’s no need to go into too much preamble.  New York = one of the best culinary destinations in the world, amazing variety, incredible global cuisines, yadda yadda yadda.  (They say yadda [...]

As part of my attempt to fool myself into thinking I’m on holiday, I am having a dish a day from holidays past.
Brazil had the most amazing food, in fact pretty much everything about Brazil was amazing.
I had some of the best fish stews there and if you like prawns there are loads of shrimp [...]

I spent the weekend waving people off on their holidays. I’m not the envious type but I did feel left behind and longing for an adventure myself.
Having no plans to go away, which I am pretty bummed about, I have decided to have a culinary adventure this week and try out some dishes of holidays [...]

The whispers grew louder, until it became clear they didn’t care if I heard. “A man. In a spa. By himself. No, he’s definitely here alone. Nobody was with him at breakfast either. It’s very odd.”
I was on a two-month tour of Ireland reviewing spas for a magazine, so I’d become used to a table [...]

The Italian airport food was better than what I’ve found in many Irish restaurants, but it was too late. My backpack was already on its clunky way. Sense won out, and I got on the goddamn plane.
Animal-free Alps
A few weeks previously, I’d kicked off a mini-tour of Europe in the French Alps. I hadn’t bothered [...]

I just had a two week holiday in New York and Mexico, and to say that I’m bummed out that it’s over would be to put it mildly.  Mexico is one of the best places I’ve ever visited, with lovely friendly people, amazing food, beautiful beaches, interesting historical sites…the whole shebang really.  My awesome friend [...]

A flowchart that helps you find somewhere to eat in New Orleans (click for larger version)

From Berning Marketing.  Thanks to my friend John H for sending this on.

Thanks to our lovely readers for your great London tips. I followed some of your recommendations and also scoured out some of my own.
I started off in Camden. Wonderful, wonderful Camden, where people have more piercings than skin, where punk never died, and where all sorts of flower-power people mingle freely with almost every nationality [...]

I was down in the Hook Peninsula in Co. Wexford last week and I have to admit before I left I wasn’t even sure where it was. I associate Wexford with Rosslare and getting the boat to France each summer, but was pleasantly surprised to discover that Hook Peninsula is a lovely place with lots to [...]