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“You’re a good little interviewer!” — Sen. John Warner

September 2024 | Travel + Leisure
The rich, volcanic soil of central Chile has nourished a food and wine legacy that bridges cultures, from Indigenous cooks to globe-trotting vintners

 

Gifts of Land and Sea

February 2023 | Travel + Leisure
On the coast of Ecuador, Indigenous values and the wonders of the natural world are on full display—along with some of the most unique culinary experiences in South America

 

February 2021 | Travel + Leisure

In French Polynesia, a creative cohort of artists, chefs, farmers, and storytellers are reaffirming the islands' rich heritage.

Read '“Pacific Point of View”

 
A woman in a Malaysian market with plantains, eggs, and other tropical produce

September 2020 | Travel + Leisure

Malaysia’s cultural mix is best expressed in its cuisine—a heady mash-up of Malay, Chinese, European, and Indigenous influences. Now, with a young generation of chefs reinventing culinary tradition, the evolution continues.

Read '“Stirring the Melting Pot”

 

July 3, 2020 | The New York Times

My denomination still refuses to ordain me. So why do I stay?

Read “A Supreme Court Win…”

 
 

November 2019 | Travel + Leisure

A new kind of Québécois cuisine has emerged in Montreal, where chefs are spinning the city’s heritage and their own classical-French training into something wholly unique. The creative conviviality of this culinary landscape is at its best when the temperatures drop.

Read "A Winter's Feast in Montreal"

 
 

July 2019 | Forge

Science can’t fully explain what animals do to our souls.

Read "A Goat Showed Me..."

 
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January 2018 | Modern Farmer

Digging in the dirt may not heal the emotional wounds of war, but for some battle-scarred veterans, farming sure as hell helps.

Read “Hope for Heroes”