Chowhounds, as a semi-frequent traveler, I often find myself with little lead time for researching culinary options before I’m air-dropped into an unfamiliar place. I have friends who are remarkable at ferreting out where...

Discovering Spain: An Uncommon Guide by Penelope Casas This is meant more as a travel book than a cookbook, but it talks a lot about history and food. If you click on Search Inside, you can read an excerpt that gives you an idea...

sourdough bread, ever. My desire to replicate that led to my culinary adventures. A reasonable amount of travel has opened me up to different styles and flavors, although I’ll pretty much eat anything drenched in salsa, in...

I don’t know how much access you have to international ingredients, but how about learning a new cuisine? As a person who also loves to stretch her culinary horizons, my tact was to try to learn the quintessential keys to...

more! but NJ food is great. Culinary wasteland? you haven’t traveled the US much.....

pricing and a cozy fun bar just inside the front door. Overlook the main room’s decor and concentrate on how much you are delighted by Chef’s wonderful culinary creations. Co-owned by Michael Carrozza and Derek...

be a bit of a culinary excursion (and I’m prepared to travel for it). I’d like to sample anything not European especially Asian fare. So far I’ve set my eyes on the following: - Sripraphai for Thai food - Bao 111...

on some of those. Also, I wasn’t quite clear on how far you wanted to travel on your road trip. Sounds local so far. There are some places in Orange County and beaches and culinary events if you are interested in any of...

Are you talking about the CIA in Napa or the CA Culinary Academy in SF (Cordon Bleu)? I’ve been to both. The SF Academy is on Polk street. I have gone for the buffet dinners a few times. Presentation is very well done but...

on BBQ beef, I like Ayanokouji that is walking distance from Midtown. One place that I never miss whenever I travel to Tokyo is Nabura, a seafood izakaya. (I wrote a review about 1-2 years ago so just go to above search function...

to take? one time visit to chicago for a culinary conference last year, but missed so much in the town just made for eating.... thanks!

and even trekked to New York for a special culinary item. I must have worked two solid days on last minute preparation for the six course meal, right up to the dinner itself. The dinner lasted four hours because of the timing of...

If you have time or for future reference the travel and tourism office of every major city offers free guidebooks including where to eat. One such resource is: http://www.nycvisit.com/memberSearch/searchRestaurant.cfm?pagePkey=17

what to look for so you know it is done, without guessing. The anti-Rachel Ray. Best general culinary show: Both of Bittman’s PBS shows. Never really followed his print column in the NY Times, but love his TV shows. He does...

but will have 4 1⁄2 days after the conference, so we could in theory do either of these. We are not normally much for guided tours, but these don’t look like the “50 people on a bus” variety. http://tour-beijing.com/culinary/