International Cuisine

The Medina Beyond the Souk

There is a saying that the best way to understand a place is to get lost in it.

The Medina of Tunis certainly invites that kind of wandering. Narrow alleyways twist in every direction. Blue doors catch your eye. Cats nap in patches of shade while the scent of spices, jasmine, and fresh bread drifts through the warm air. It would be ...

Along the shores of Carthage, the sea still tells the same story.

The first thing I noticed was not the fish.

It was the hands.

Three generations sat together in a small blue boat along the edge of the ancient Punic Port in Carthage. The grandfather patiently mended a fishing net while his son worked beside him. His grandson watched every m...

For years, I thought I was traveling to collect recipes.

Somewhere along the way, I realized I was really collecting something else.

I was collecting stories.

The recipes simply gave me a reason to sit down at someone else’s table.

After cooking my way through all 197 countries of the world, I find myself increasingly dra...