A duo of wild mushrooms from the Vosges mountains in eastern France. Photo by Erin Brown. Nothing compares to the thrill of taking your life into your own hands, especially…
Hats on Parade: Sundays in Harlem
Every Sunday morning, hundreds of tourists pour out of chartered busses on W 125th street in Harlem, with one thing on their minds: gospel music. Â The fame of Harlem’s gospel…
Brooklyn Bites: Franklin Avenue Crawl
Franklin Avenue’s food, and newly revived atmosphere, is worth a try. Don Henley’s gritty voice barely reached me over the buzz of a Friday night crowd at the bar, but…
The Jewel of Jutland: 24 Hours in Aarhus, Denmark
Your Rainbow Panorama by Olafur Eliasson on the roof of the ARoS Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. Photograph by Erin Brown In a bizarre twist of Ryan Air-inspired fate last year,…
Take a Bite Out of Brooklyn: 5 Places for Adventurous Eating in New York’s Hippest Borough
Ever tried the Bake and Shark at Trini-Gul in Crown Heights? It’s just one of the culinary delights of Brooklyn.  Image from flickr.com. For many travelers visiting New York City, the…
Our Daily Bread
A loaf of T80 wheat bread baked at the Kerjean farm in Pleyben, France. Photo by Ec Brown  Every Friday on the wwoof farm in north western France where…
Pâté in Paris: Opinel in Hand
I showed up to the pâté-making gig with knife in hand. Well, knife in hand, and hand in pocket, to be more accurate. I’ve never had reason to distrust the…
Quick Bites: Citizen in Richmond, Virginia
As a food-obsessed New Yorker, it is a little difficult for me to admit that I take my city for granted all too often. Regardless of the time of day…
WWOOF-ing 101, part 1: What in the world is WWOOF?
On Thanksgiving morning of 2011, I threw on an old flannel shirt, grabbed a rake, and headed out the door of my best friend’s childhood home in the woods of…
India: It’s Time For A Chat
If you’re anything like me when you travel, there are days that are so crammed full of ossuaries and herbariums and legendary halls of taxidermy—not to mention all those buttresses…
Food Treasures: Cloudberries
My friend Ragnhild and I spent the month of August working on a strawberry farm just outside of Tromsø, Norway, 700 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. We would rise…