Food for Thought with The Wandering Gourmand

August 11, 2014

An excerpt from my interview with Turtles Travel: Food connects us to our past, to those places we consider “home,” and to new destinations we discover through travel. Food can break down barriers we sometimes encounter while traveling, including language! Sharing a meal is a wonderful way to make new friends. Through our Food for Thought series, we continue to learn about other travelers’ journeys and the role food plays. This week’s interview…

Cooking Miami’s Infamous Chop-Chop and My First Published Article

July 28, 2014

Last month I published my first article in a real magazine – Run South Florida. Someone actually liked my words enough to print them! I’m not sure why it has taken me almost a month to mention it here on my blog. You’d think I’d make a grand announcement with animated balloons and Nickelback music (I think Rockstar would be appropriate). Alas, my big splash into the world of adding “published” to…

Chelsea Market in Pictures

July 18, 2014

After a two night hotel stay in Times Square, I wrote New York City off as a place I could never live. The people, the traffic, the gross over-commercialization, really bad food stands, the honking, comedians trying to get me to buy tickets, the construction, the people. Yes, I listed people twice – throngs of them (tourists and business folk alike) shoving back and forth and heaving through crosswalks was way too…

Cooking, Food, Travel, United States

Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston – Truly the Best in Town

June 1, 2014

I’m going to write this post in true Boston manner and focus only on what it’s about with no fluff. If you want to read about the history of Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston or the rival with Regina’s for best pizza in town, go find it elsewhere on the web. If you want to read about the pizza, then keep reading, baby! I wasn’t planning to eat pizza on my overnight…

Eating, Food

Georgia Ice Cream and Texas Fried Steak at the Cotillion Southern Cafe

April 23, 2014

Pardon the interruption, but some meals are just so awesome that I have to blog about them. Cotillion Southern Cafe is located in Wildwood, Florida just outside of Florida’s Friendliest Hometown (The Villages). My parents took me there on my last visit. They said the restaurant was a place that I would want to blog about it. At first the rebellious inner child that exists in all of us no matter what…

Cooking, Eating, Food

6 Reasons Why You Should Sign-up for a CSA Share

April 15, 2014

Spring is finally hopefully almost here. As we dust off the layers of ice and snow that have plagued most of the country this winter, our farmers are working the fields and anticipating a fruitful growing season. Soon, we will be feasting on juicy tomatoes, ripe watermelons, and sweet cantaloupes. As an alternative to the weekly farmers market grind, consider signing up for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share. With a CSA,…

Blogging, Eating, Food, Travel

What’s In Your 2014?

January 7, 2014

So, I ate pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day. That means my 2014 is going to be amaze-balls, right? Or am I screwed because Keith didn’t bring the black-eyed peas? Last year, I posted a rather entertaining blog to ring in 2013 sharing my 2012 blog year in review. As 2013 wound to an end, I anticipated my yearly WordPress results. I put much dedication into The Wandering Gourmand over the past…

Charlotte, Eating

Fighting to Get Fit at Title Club

August 22, 2013

It’s not easy being The Wandering Gourmand. Having this “expert” knowledge of food and drink comes with a price. There is a lot of sampling – roasted pork belly, brewery tours, wine tastings. I didn’t realize the toll my love of food and drink was having on my body until I saw a New Year’s Eve photo. I had become that “chubby” kid. My back-pain had also reached the level of excruciating…

Cooking, Food

I Support Paula Deen

June 30, 2013

This is a food blog and Paula Deen is a celebrity chef so this post is relevant however political it might get. And I hate that I even have to begin a post like this with a disclaimer that I am not a racist towards any ethnic or religious background or sexual orientation. It seems in today’s society that those disclaimers are needed when issuing an opinion like a defense of Paula…

Eating, Food, Travel

Eating My Way Through My Hometown

January 11, 2013

WARNING!!! If your New Year’s Resolution is to lose weight, then you probably don’t want to read this post. But, if you have the will-power of a vegan at a Brazilian steakhouse, or don’t mind gaining a few pounds from the words alone, then you should be alright. I swear, every time I visit my hometown of Niles, Ohio (smack dab between Youngstown and Warren) I gain at least five pounds. This…

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Food for Thought with The Wandering Gourmand

Cooking Miami’s Infamous Chop-Chop and My First Published Article

Chelsea Market in Pictures

Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston – Truly the Best in Town

Georgia Ice Cream and Texas Fried Steak at the Cotillion Southern Cafe

What’s In Your 2014?

Fighting to Get Fit at Title Club

I Support Paula Deen

Eating My Way Through My Hometown

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