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Great American Road Trip in a Cookbook

Tasty Travels

 

Destination: American Road Trip

Book: Martha’s American Food: A Celebration of Our Nation’s Most Treasured Dishes, from Coast to Coast by Martha Stewart (NEW April 2012.)

Article by Brette Sember

Old Buick

My kids claim they hate road trips, but my husband and I just love them. We each grew up looking forward to the annual family summer road trip vacation. I had it down to an art form. Continue reading Great American Road Trip in a Cookbook

Sail Away from It All

TASTY TRAVEL THURSDAY

Destination: The Caribbean


Book: An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (2005) by Ann Vanderhoof

Article by Brette Sember

Ann Vanderhoof's sailboat
Ann Vanderhoof’s sailboat, Receta, under sail; photo credit: Kenmore Henville

Have you had one of those days where you fantasized about just jumping on a boat and taking off for the Caribbean for a year or more? In An Embarrassment of Mangoes, Ann Vanderhoof and her husband do just that, but they do a little advance planning first. Continue reading Sail Away from It All

Paris Food

FRANCE WEEK

This week we’re booking travel (armchair or otherwise) to France. Previously, I’ve waited until Bastille Day to focus on France, but these books were so good, I just could not wait. Later, we’ll look at two specialty guidebooks and an historical mystery novel , along with some pictures from our trip to France two years ago. Today it’s a novel cookbook that I fell in love with. Stay tuned the rest of the week for more France in brand new books.

Destination: Paris (and a bit of Texas for balance)


Book: Cowgirl Chef: Texas Cooking with a French Accent (NEW May 2012) by Ellise Pierce

Regular readers of A Traveler’s Library may be wondering why in the world I’m talking about a cookbook? After all, we have an expert on food and travel, Brette Sember, who contributes to A Traveler’s Library every month. Continue reading Paris Food