Bicing – Bicycles for rent in Barcelona. RL Fifield photo, 2008. Make sure you slip in that “th.” Bar-thelona. Crazy architecture. Eating...

Stockholm: scary sandwiches, incredible museums, and the beautiful islands which serve as the city’s perch. Stockholm. RL Fifield photo...

Stockholm: scary sandwiches, incredible museums, and the beautiful islands which serve as the city’s perch. Stockholm. RL Fifield photo...

Manhattan Tomato Harvest, 2011. I come from a gardening family, and at this time of year, I’m biding my time until garden season. My...

Manhattan Tomato Harvest, 2011. I come from a gardening family, and at this time of year, I’m biding my time until garden season. My...

Balyeat’s Coffee Shop. RL Fifield photo, 2005. Gas was 99 cents a gallon in the Midwest in May of 2005. Driving east across the Indiana...

Balyeat’s Coffee Shop. RL Fifield photo, 2005. Gas was 99 cents a gallon in the Midwest in May of 2005. Driving east across the Indiana...

For those of us into food history, the New York Public Library has a fondant of a project: online transcription of their menu collection....

For those of us into food history, the New York Public Library has a fondant of a project: online transcription of their menu collection....

A cliché? Nah. I found myself in Paris for three days with some euros and a dinner recommendation from I speak enough French to order...

A cliché? Nah. I found myself in Paris for three days with some euros and a dinner recommendation from I speak enough French to order...

Apples at the Union Square Greenmarket, courtesy of Dr. V. Saturday night, I had a little dough left over from the quiche I was...

Pickles know no boundaries. Photo credit: avrene via Visual hunt / CC BY Few foods send my palate soaring like pickles. The only...

International travel was not a priority when I was a child. There were visits to battlefields in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia,...

Barbara Fritchie Restaurant, Frederick MD, RL Fifield photo, 2009. Conjuring the appearance of a 17th or 18th century Still Room yields a...