Help me plan my trip to New Zealand!

I’m off to New Zealand in September and I need your help planning what to see, do and eat.  Click HERE to see my World Travel Buzz article. Comments welcomed here, or there.

Thanks!

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Taste & Travel Magazine Article: Eating High and Low in Magical Luang Prabang, Laos

My article on delicious food in Laos’ ancient royal capital, Luang Prabang, is in the spring 2013 issue of Taste & Travel International magazine.  Published four times per year, this great print mag focuses exclusively on culinary travel (click HERE to subscribe (Zinio or paper, $25 plus shipping).

Click HERE to see my article, which includes an easy recipe for my favourite sandwich … almost like the ladies in Luang Prabang make it.

While they didn’t get credit in the print edition, I’d like to give a big shout out to two great photographers who kindly shared their photos with me:

• Dani Heinrich of GlobetrotterGirls.com has six photos featured in the article (the photo of the cool crab-carrying and -cooking basket above is hers); and
• Rick Whiteford has two photos featured, plus gave me great tips on the latest goings on in Luang Prabang.

Scroll down to the end of the article for photo credit details.  I’ll be back in Laos myself in late 2013, and hope to get some great photos of my own!

Good travel links 

Check out GlobetrotterGirls.com for inspiring travel tales, tips and photos.  Dani and Jess have been travelling full-time since 2010 and have great advice about a variety of places including Asia, Central and South America, and Europe.  Plus they share great info about how to travel well while keeping costs low.

TrailFindersCanada.com is the place to visit for ideas and expert travel advice.  TrailFinders create unique journeys for a wide-range of travellers, whether you want to go it alone with just a few tips, want to join one of their small group escorted private journeys, or splurge on a custom-designed itinerary (how I travelled to South Africa and Namibia — phenomenal!)

And some TravelEater links:

In Southeast Asia?  Click HERE for info on Bangkok.

And click HERE for my one-pager on Rome in Taste & Travel magazine.

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International Eating Expert: Simple Palate Pleasures

My latest International Eating Expert article is up on World Travel Buzz. It’s about the simple but delicious foods I’m craving after the excess of Christmas. Have you ever had an Oh My God Peach?

Check it out HERE.

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Christmas Shopping Abroad: International Foodie Edition

It’s that time of year …. Is Christmas panic setting in with all the presents you need to buy?  Here’s my solution for next year: my latest article for World Travel Buzz “Christmas Shopping Abroad: International Foodie Edition“.

Happy holidays everyone — wishing you health and happiness for 2013, no panic for future gift giving, and lots of good travels and eats!
Johanna

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Sweets of New York

My latest post as World Travel Buzz‘s International Eating Expert is about eating sweet things in New York City.  And there’s a recipe for caramel Chelsea buns, inspired by Danny Meyer’s Maialino restaurant.  Click HERE to read the article.

(Although not mentioned, the concretes from Shake Shack (above) are also delicious!)

Any requests for future International Eating Expert topics?

Want more info on NYC?  Click HERE for my field notes.

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World Travel Buzz’s International Eating Expert

I’m the new International Eating Expert (how great a title is that?) for World Travel Buzz.  Check out my first monthly post on “smiley” and other southern African specialties HERE.  Need a taste of Africa at home? Try the recipe for Malva pudding.

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Recipes

I didn’t intend for this to be a recipe blog, but click HERE for a few.  So far: one for great ice cream, and one for a summer cocktail.

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