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Category: Food & Drink

walls bbq savannah

Savannah BBQ, Git in Mah Belly!

Posted on May 20, 2015July 31, 2015 by Valerie Conners

I’m a Yankee, through and through. But, dang it, if I don’t love me some good, old fashioned Southern cooking — and I found it. In Savannah.

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I’m Ba-aack! (Plus, the Key Largo Stone Crab and Seafood Festival)

Posted on March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 by Valerie Conners

Whoa, Nelly! There hasn’t been a post on this site in 2 months. That’s 60 days, you guys! I wish I had an exciting — or heck, hair-raising — tale to tell about my absence, but, truth is, I’ve just been busy working, and living and loving life in the MIA. It’s funny how that…

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Bivalves, Lobsters and Foraged Things: Welcome to Portland, Maine!

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I was downright giddy to finally visit Portland, ME, said by those in the know to be one of America’s top food cities. Eat and see the city’s sights with my top picks for Portland.

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ceviche canta rana

How to Eat Your Way Through Lima, Peru Like a Boss

Posted on May 22, 2014May 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

See my collection of standouts — restaurants, markets, food and drink — from Lima, Peru. Git in mah belly!

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Brazil Kilo Restaurant, Quilo Restaurant

Pay What It Weighs: An Ode to the Brazilian Kilo Restaurant

Posted on April 7, 2014April 3, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I filled with hungry glee, upon discovering Brazil’s pay-what-it-weighs “kilo” restaurants, known here as a restaurante por quilo.

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shawarma

When Bad Shawarma Happens to Good People

Posted on March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I returned to my hotel after the shawarma incident, when suddenly I felt filled with a whole lot more than regret.

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Rapa Nui chocolate

I Left My Heart in Rapa Nui

Posted on March 24, 2014March 18, 2014 by Valerie Conners

  I haven’t spoken much about this ’til now. Maybe I was ashamed of my gluttony; maybe I wanted to hold close to my heart the magic of those cocoa bean-filled days…and nights. You see, where once the words Rapa Nui stirred visions of mysterious Easter Island (and a vague memory of a very dramatic,…

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Bife de Lomo in Buenos Aires

Git in Mah Belly, Buenos Aires Parrillas!

Posted on February 17, 2014February 19, 2014 by Valerie Conners

Meat is the Argentine delicacy, the great mecca of meals. And the institution where Buenos Aires locals go to get their beef, is the parrilla, a traditional steakhouse.

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Palermo Hollywood: Buenos Aires’s Uber-Hip Barrio

Posted on February 10, 2014February 13, 2014 by Valerie Conners

As you try to grasp Buenos Aires’s vibe, one thing becomes abundantly clear: the Palermo neighborhoods, including Palermo Hollywood, are the ultimate haps.

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Provoleta Buenos Aires

My Transition to PorteƱo via (What Else?) My Belly

Posted on January 21, 2014February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

I’m love-, love-, loving the return to the sights, sounds, possibility and energy of an enormous urban world while still struggling to fully experience them.

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south of the border

The Long and Not-So-Winding Road — And a Giant Shrimp

Posted on February 18, 2013February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

As anyone who’s ever made the road trip south from the Northeast to Florida on I-95 will tell you, highlights along the route are few. There’s the hellacious, bumper-to-bumper traffic between Baltimore and Richmond, Va. that will make you want to poke your eyes out. This, of course, is more of a road trip lowlight,…

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Fethiye, Turkey

Traveling Bliss: Fethiye, Turkey

Posted on August 16, 2012February 9, 2014 by Valerie Conners

Is there anything better than a waterfront tangled with masts and flanked by tree-clad hills? Barely! On Week 2 of the Journey, I hit Fethiye, a relatively tiny town tucked into Turkey’s southwest Mediterranean coast. Let’s pause for a moment and reflect on Week 2 of said Journey. I was a bit of a mess….

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