The majority of our time on this blog is spent in the kitchen, tinkering, experimenting, and creating fantastic meals. But every once in awhile we get the itch to explore. If there's anything we love as much as cooking, it's travel. It enlarges the soul. And the belly.
The restaurants we write about here are the ones that blew us away, that gave us a reason to come back raving and often straight into the kitchen. No matter how perfectly one learns to cook, there will always be the chance that a dish will inspire you. It goes way beyond the cynical "Well, I could have made that." People said the same thing about abstract art when Mondrian was painting, but who turned out to be wrong? We eat for inspiration.
The Coast of Maine
- A Weekend in Maine, Part 1: Arriving in Portland
- A Weekend in Maine, Part 2: Lobster Rolls on Route One
- A Weekend in Maine, Part 3: Acadia, Blue Hill, and Belfast on the Way Back to Portland
- In Portland: A Menu Based on Duck Fat
- In Portland: A Revelation on Fore St.
- (Raw) Milk in Maine
- Highlights from a Trip Northeast
Seattle, Washington
- A Weekend in Seattle and Olympia: Day 1, Coffee and Street Food
- A Weekend in Seattle and Olympia: Day 2, Seattle is Actually Sunny
- A Weekend in Seattle and Olympia: Day 3, Carnitas on the Run
Bourbon Country, Kentucky
- Bourbon Tour 1: Buffalo Trace and Woodford Reserve
- Bourbon Tour 2: Wild Turkey and Maker's Mark
- Bourbon Tour 3: Jim Beam and Heaven Hill
San Antonio
New Haven, Connecticut
Montreal
Italy
Spain
- Madrid With an Insider
- Three Tapas Bars in Madrid
- Three Tapas Bars in San Sebastian
- Elkano Restaurante in Getaria, Spain: "El Mejor Pescado en Mi Vida"
- Highlights From Barcelona on the Cheap
