The Heat Down Under
by Curtis Stone My dad and stepmom have a small ranch in a country town called Woodend in Australia. It's only 45 minutes outside of Melbourne, but as soon as you drive out of the city you see sheep...
View ArticleArt of the Parrilla
by Shane Mitchell "Al aire libre." Loosely, it means "free air" in Spanish-the great outdoors. On a rocky hilltop in the Uruguayan countryside, this lyrical idiom caught my attention as asado cooks...
View ArticleThe World on a Grill
by Steven Raichlen While writing my book Planet Barbecue! (Workman, 2010) I traveled across six continents (I skipped Antarctica, though scientists there grill, too) and 53 countries in search of the...
View ArticleThe Guide: Mumbai and Adipur-Gandhidham, India
Where to StayITC Grand Central287, Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Parel, Mumbai (91/22/2410-1010; itchotels.in). $300 for a double. At this luxury hotel in the heart of Mumbai, amenities include...
View ArticleTravel Guide: Galilee, Israel
by Gabriella GershensonWHERE TO EATAl TanurReina Junction, Upper Nazareth (972/046/014-948). Owned by the family behind Nazareth's El Babour, an old spice market and mill, this casual Arab restaurant...
View ArticleScenes from the Galilee
In the Galilee, biblical roots, rich agricultural heritage, and Mediterranean flavors give rise to Israel's most soulful cuisine. For our May 2013 issue, senior editor Gabriella Gershenson traveled to...
View ArticleHearts and Minds
by Felicia Campbell I landed in Kuwait on February 28, 2003, less than a month after my 19th birthday, as a private first class with the rest of the 101st Airborne Division. Two years earlier, after an...
View ArticleKeepers of the Flame
by Ansel Mullins In the vast kitchen of İmam Çağdaş, a kebab restaurant in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Burhan Çadaş, the 51-year-old owner, looked on as his staff of 20 labored in perfect...
View ArticleFire and Water
by Shane Mitchell All along Jamaica's southwest coast, dories row ashore loaded with the day's catch-grouper, amberjack, red snapper. Fishmongers hawk their offerings with calls of "de jack real fresh,...
View ArticleBest Bird
by Andy Ricker One of the most delicious things I've eaten in all my travels to Thailand is gai yahng, grilled chicken, a specialty of Isaan, a province in the country's northeast. For this dish, cooks...
View ArticleGarlic and Flame
by Todd Coleman Driving down the Carretera Transístmica in Panama, I caught a whiff of smoke. Around the bend, a young woman swathed in billowing smoke caught my eye as she tended the grill outside a...
View ArticleFire in the Belly
by Lillian Chou When I moved to Beijing four years ago and started to eat my way through the city, I was struck by the absence of grilled foods among the canon of classic dishes. It seemed that food...
View ArticleParty Out Back: East Coast vs. West Coast Grilling
ON THE WEST COASTI had a sort of feral Northern California childhood, on Richardson Bay north of San Francisco. I would spend my days fishing for crabs until Mom rang the dinner bell. The Greek...
View ArticleThe Grills Are Alive
by Francis Lam This is what happened the night I fell in love with my Korean barbecue waitress. Admittedly, things got off to a rocky start. The tabletop grill had fired up gamely, searing meat like a...
View ArticleWhere We're Eating: Fork
by Betsy Andrews The venerable Philadelphia restaurant Fork, a trailblazer in farm-to-table dining 15 years ago, has been made over, to miraculous effect. The palm trees have been replaced with birch,...
View ArticleScenes of Grilling in Uruguay
In Uruguay, a nation of gauchos and cattle, nearly every cook has a way with the grill. These travel photos, by photographer James Fisher, first appeared with Shane Mitchell's story "Art of the...
View ArticleJamaican Breakfast Recipes
Jamaica's most beloved meal isn't a jerk lunch or dinner-it's breakfast. These hearty breakfast dishes, from ackee and saltfish to fluffy fried johnnycakes, are one of the world's most satisfying ways...
View ArticleThe Art of Paella
by David RosengartenThere's one thing that most paella enthusiasts in Spain seem to agree on: that the sunny, fluffy yellow rice dish served at Spanish restaurants all over the world, the version...
View ArticleThe United States of Snow Cones
by Leah Koenig Equally at home at the ballpark, the amusement park, and the sun-scorched summer sidewalk, syrup-doused snow cones are one of our favorite summertime treats. While the paper cups of...
View ArticleCandyland: A Historian Indulges in the Past at America's Biggest Sweets Show
by Samira Kawash There are many benefits to becoming an expert in all things candy. I'm a bit of a nerd, so I get my kicks from researching candy history-interesting stuff, but sadly, you can't eat it....
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