Food and travel
-
Calabria—The Other Italy: Karen Haid
Published by Mill City Press, 2015, 280 pages Calabria is the toe in the boot of Italy. It’s the region that non-Calabrese Italians tend to look down on as crime-ridden and backward, something I found out for myself. When I… Continue reading
-
An Embarrassment of Mangoes—A Caribbean Interlude: Ann Vanderhoof
Published by Crown, 2004, 320 pages Imagine giving up your everyday life—the constant running against the clock, crazy working hours, cold grey winters—and sailing to the Caribbean. Something we all dream about in a sort of if-only way. But Ann… Continue reading
-
On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
by Jen Lin-Liu Published by Riverhead Books, 2013, 400 pages Food and travel—what’s not to like? This is a book about food across cultures—in this case, pasta in all its forms (I use the term to include noodles, dumplings, etc.).… Continue reading
-
Italy—100 Locals Tell You Where To Go, What To Eat & How To Fit In: Gigi Griffis
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014, 322 pages. If your way of traveling is to rush through places, ticking them off your list, then this book is not for you. If, however, you want to really get to know… Continue reading
-
The Olive Route—A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean: Carol Drinkwater
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006, 448 pages. Carol Drinkwater is passionate about the olive tree—she has an olive grove in Provence—and this book is about her search for its history around the Mediterranean through Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Malta, Tunisia,… Continue reading
-
A Handful of Honey—Away to the Palm Groves of Morocco and Algeria: Annie Hawes
Published by Pan Publishing, 2008, 418 pages. The book starts unexpectedly with Annie Hawes, an adolescent, imprisoned in a high security prison in Salazar’s Portugal (she never found out why). She was eventually released and deported to the UK. On… Continue reading
-
A Fine Romance—Falling in Love with the English Countryside: Susan Branch
Published by Spring Street Publishing, 2017, 272 pages. Susan Branch and her husband Joe always wanted to go back to England, which they both love and hadn’t been back to since 2004. So in 2012, when Susan turned 65, they… Continue reading
Women's Travel Books 