EG
Egypt
Street food built for crowds and the slow-cooked dishes behind it. Bread, beans, pickles, and the bakeries and stalls that do one thing better than anyone.
Explore
More than 40 countries, and the itinerary is always built around lunch. Food is the organizing principle here. This is not a travel blog.
The approach
Local specialties. Unusual ingredients. Small producers.
I speak Arabic, I'm working on my Japanese, and I've run marathons in Tokyo, London and Berlin, which mostly served as an excuse to eat in all three. Explore is where the food from those trips goes: the markets, the producers, the dishes that don't travel, and the ingredients worth bringing home.
JP
Japan
Konbini to kaiseki. Department-store food halls, regional specialties, fruit grown like jewelry, and the precision that makes ordinary food extraordinary.
DE
Berlin
Four Berlin Marathons, and the eating afterward is half the reason to go back. Bakeries, döner, currywurst, and one of the best Turkish food scenes outside Turkey.
UK
London
Four London Marathons. Borough Market, curry houses, the Sunday roast, and some of the best food halls anywhere.
NY
New York City
Home. Greenmarkets, immigrant food from every corner of the world, and Coney Island on the Fourth of July.
- International food
- Local specialties
- Unusual ingredients
- Farmers markets
- Small producers
- Food culture