The vast majority of my writing about food comes as an outgrowth of my travel writing. Though I have done it when I find a truly unique restaurant or dish, I rarely write just about the food. I almost always write about food and its surroundings.

Food, as I see it, is, at its best, a reflection of place. But I'm not just talking about the recent trends toward eating locally, and local/regional sourcing, though they are certainly a part of it. What I'm really after, and most interested in, when I write about food are the connections between people, place, and plate.

I want to know that the recipe for fried chicken batter at the local diner in Albany, Georgia comes from the owner's grandmother, and uses whole milk instead of buttermilk because, some years if the weather wasn't right and the grass turned bitter, they couldn't make good buttermilk from their cow. But they always had pigs. So grandma replaced lost fat from the buttermilk with bacon grease (mixed in whole milk), and now that's just how they like it. And you will too.

If you'd like to read a few samples of my food writing, you can click on the links below.

FOOD CLIPS