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El Chinito's chicharrón sandwich, Lima, Peru by Lauren Girardin

Shocking sandwich smackdown in Lima

March 29, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

Think of Peruvian food and you’re likely to conjure food porn fantasies of tart ceviche or steamy lomo saltado. But, in Lima at least, Peruvians are gaga for sandwiches, day or night, eaten at mealtime or in between bar-hopping stops….

Kombucha

Questionable edibles in San Francisco

January 26, 2010 · by Lauren · in Food, San Francisco

As our storytelling heads into China and its cuisine that often challenges the Western imagination of what is edible versus what is best left for grinding into hotdogs, I can’t help but think about cultural food norms. We encountered plenty…

Mong Kok Night Shopping, Hong Kong

Mong Kok blocked

January 4, 2010 · by Lauren · in China, Food, Travel Stories

The social melee in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok neighborhood induces our first bout of culture shock on this trip. Most of the past three months we’ve traveled slowly overland through swaths of mellow and, relative to Hong Kong, underpopulated Southeast…

Eating live animals in South Korea

“Eating Live Animals” in South Korea on Matador Abroad

November 22, 2009 · by Lauren · in Food, South Korea, Travel Stories

We skip willy-nilly through the time-space continuum over on Matador Network, who just published my new travel story about eating live animals in South Korea. Here’s a taste: My chopsticks finally aim towards the last untried morsels, a substance that…

Be not afraid of fermented fish

September 22, 2009 · by Lauren · in Food, Thailand, Travel Stories

Pad thai ingredients | Photo by Lauren Girardin In 2005, Todd’s brother Joshua and our freshly minted sister-in-law Sutay spent over a year on an extended multi-continental honeymoon. When they settled into Chiang Mai, Thailand for a month of tranquilo…

When the boys are in charge

November 26, 2008 · by Lauren · in Food, Travel Stories

Tesekkur Ederiz Afiyet Olsun, Turkey | Art by Todd Berman Todd and I have noticed that whether we were in the Cappadocian center or miles away on the Western coast, most menus in Turkey have had the same short list…

Up with Pintxos! Down with Tapas!

October 9, 2008 · by Lauren · in Food, Spain

Pintxos at Bar Sagartoki in Vitoria-Gasteiz | Photo by Lauren Girardin For a couple of former New Yorkers like Todd and myself, the letter pair “TX” can conjure up some very foreign images – of ten gallon hats, big steaks…

You’ll never die of scurvy in Marrakesh

August 15, 2008 · by Lauren · in Food, Morocco, Travel Stories

Djemaa el Fna at night | Photo by Lauren Girardin In between awkward, head-jerky naps on the monarchy-run CTM bus from Essaouira to Marrakesh, Todd tells me what has him the most excited for Marrakesh.

Dining (mis)adventures in Morocco

August 12, 2008 · by Todd · in Food, Morocco, Travel Stories

Escargot aux espice in Casablanca | Photo by Lauren Girardin I like snails. I like them steaming hot on a cart in Casablanca. Stick a toothpick in their cute little head and yank them out of their shell. The meat…

Here’s to the extended tribe and baked ziti on Long Island

August 7, 2008 · by Lauren · in New York, Recipes, Travel Stories

Our trip becomes a geography lesson | Photo by Lauren Girardin On the day of our departure from the U.S., for the international leg of our round-the-world trip, I spent part of the day watching my friend Sheri sort through…

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