Food Archive

Eating in and around Detroit is very special to me. I don’t get to eat in Detroit very often anymore and each trip back is like walking down a foodie memory lane of all the things I loved growing up. Secondly, the new restaurants ...Read More

Greek cuisine is popular in the United States, especially in metro Detroit where I grew up. There exists a chain of restaurants called Coney Islands which are half Greek diner, half hot dog shop. During high school these were a favorite of mine, and ...Read More

While I love visiting countries like Italy and Thailand where I know I love the food, there is something equally as exciting about visiting a country where I know next to nothing about the cuisine. That’s how I felt in Poland. While I grew ...Read More

While sitting in a restaurant in Poland that had to be the pierogi serving equivalent of TGIFriday’s in the States, I got to thinking about eating well while traveling. I do quite a bit of food related research and planning before my trips.. I ...Read More

I’m a bit ashamed to admit that before I spent a weekend in Madrid I didn’t really have a good grasp of what exactly Spanish cuisine entailed. Sure, I knew paella and I’d been to a tapas bar or two in Chicago but besides ...Read More

I’m about to leave to catch my (nine hour) bus to Warsaw and the other people in this hostel common room are screaming and listening to Spanish pop music at full blast making it difficult to concentrate, so this intro will be short and ...Read More