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The Insider's Guide to Travel, Food and Wine
The official travel magazine of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association, Global Writes provides an ever-expanding library of illustrated trip reviews by professional travel journalists with advice on the best vacation ideas and itineraries, plus tips and recommendations on global destinations, hotels, B & B's, cruises, restaurants, food, wine and more. To plan your next adventure -- or just dream about one -- become an insider through the travel experiences of IFWTWA members worldwide.
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Kim Rahilly
globalwrites@ifwtwa.org
Profile by Andrea Rademan
If we were superstitious we might think it's more than a fortuitous coincidence that Kim Rahilly, the new editor of IFWTWA's web magazine, Global Writes, is also the owner of Global Writes Syndicate. After more than 15 years as a freelance journalist, editor, copywriter, and PR/marketing consultant, the impassioned Italophile and multimedia artist has also begun selling her art work.
Kim earned her B.A. degree in Journalism and Film from San Diego State University and studied painting at Brentwood Art Center, Santa Monica College, and in Assisi, Italy. Having become fluent in Italian by attending courses at The Italian Cultural Institute, the Scuola Michelangelo in Florence, and through more than a dozen extended stays in Italy, Kim recently attained (dual) Italian citizenship.
Kim's articles have appeared in scores of publications, including MSNBC.com, the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Orange County Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, Westways, Bel Air Magazine, Guest Informant, The Corsair, and shwing.com. She ghost-wrote The Wardrobe Organizer, and wrote and produced Max Factors Screen Legends calendar. She has edited memoirs and novels for both professionals and novice writers; and has worked with Random House, Doubleday and Dell Books.
In public relations, Kim worked in-house for Max Factor/Revlon before founding her own full-service firm in 1991. As the owner and operator of KRPR, Inc. in Beverly Hills, she orchestrates high-profile campaigns for clients across a broad spectrum of industries including travel/hospitality, wine, beauty/fitness, alternative health, medical, publishing, entertainment and the arts, consumer products, home furnishings, as well as humanitarian and animal causes.
Drawing on her travel experiences to more than 20 countries, Kim enjoys writing inspiring profiles on the people she encounters; helping people to create a compelling online presence; and sharing news about anything that sparks her interest. Fortunately for IFWTWA, that currently includes Global Writes.  |
Celebrating Life on a Working Italian Vineyard in Piemonte
After traveling by car, plane and train from Puglia, Italy's southernmost point in the heel of the boot, I arrive after dark, tired and hungry, in Northern Italy's Langhe wine country in Piemonte, one of the world's best food and wine-producing regions. | |
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Lillian Africano
lillian@ifwtwa.org
IFWTWA's past-President Lillian Africano has traveled the world but loves coming home to write her stories. She has written 16 books including three bestselling novels under the pseudonym, Jessica March. In recent years, Ms. Africano and her daughter Nina have co-authored four guidebooks to New Jersey and New York (all for Globe Pequot). She is currently editor in chief of www.spareviewmag.com and contributing food-and-wine editor for Elegant Accents, as well as a contributor to Spa+ magazine and Travel Weekly.
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Travel and Adventure Celebrating St. Patrick in Irish Style
On March 17, the whole world is Irish - or so it seems, when parades, fireworks and other celebrations abound all over North America and Europe, in Asia and even in Russia. But it is Dublin that throws the world's biggest St. Patrick's Day party, a weeklong celebration featuring carnival-style parades, concerts, visual arts and dance events, outdoor theater, exhibitions, open-air markets, spectacular fireworks and even a treasure hunt.
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Tauck Swiss Jewel is a Gem
To me, a cruise aboard one of the new generation of luxury riverboats can be the most relaxing of holidays. My two-week Budapest-Amsterdam cruise, on Tauck's MS Swiss Jewel, which debuted last April, was both relaxing and filled with memorable experiences. |  |
CHOCOLATE: Food of Love
Shakespeare suggested that music was the food of love, but judging by the tens of thousands of heart-shaped boxes presented to wives and sweethearts on Valentine's Day, that honor should be shared with chocolate. | |
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Patty Anis
admin@ifwtwa.org
Patty Anis is a travel writer and photographer who has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Europe. Ms. Anis is also the Executive Director of the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association. She resides in Diamond Bar, California. |
Rita Barry
ritabarry@comcast.net
Born in Tanzania and educated in England, Rita Barry is now a proud U.S. resident. A passion for cooking prompted what she calls her lifelong travel and food journey. In fact, her new book takes readers from England, through the Mediterranean and the Middle East, across India and America, and allows them to sample recipes and anecdotes all along the way. With a B.Sc. in Science, Ms. Barry is a qualified educator and certified accountant. In her role as a food writer and a seriously creative cook, she reviews vegetarian-friendly restaurants, speaks about the benefits of vegetarian food, and publishes her own recipes. She resides in Longboat Key, Florida.
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Leigh Cort
leighcort@bellsouth.net
Her passions for travel, food and a little showbiz stardust have taken Leigh Cort to remote barrier islands, celebrity chef's tables, world-class resorts and historic inns from St. Augustine, FL and Eagle Island, GA to Sedona, AZ and Spring Lake, NJ. She spent years producing and promoting world-class events for Manhattan's rich and famous at Sardi's (alongside Vincent Sardi) and Trump Tower (as party director); and at The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island. Ms. Cort even wrote scripts for, and appeared on Lifetime TV, as Nabisco's The Party Doctor. Leigh continues to use her writing and entertaining skills to catapult her hospitality clients into the limelight. A longtime member of IFWTWA, and its publicity committee chair, Ms. Cort's travel writing appears on www.global-writes.com and www.americanroads.net. She resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl.
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Jeff Corydon
jcorydon@tampabay.rr.com
After three decades in the State Department's Foreign Service -- much of it posted abroad -- Jeff Corydon has moved onto a second career as a freelance travel writer and columnist. His stories have appeared in newspapers ranging from the St. Petersburg Times to the Washington Post; and magazines as diverse as the Florida Monthly, the Rotarian, Chile Pepper and the Robb Report. Mr. Corydon has resided in Tampa, Florida since his retirement as a diplomat; he is a longtime IFWTWA member.  |
Vetting Holland America's Hot New Flagship
Caribbean cruise fans can rejoice that the Eurodam, Holland America's new flagship inaugurated by Queen Beatrix in Rotterdam on July 1, 2009 is now maiden-cruising the Eastern Caribbean waters out of Fort Lauderdale. | |
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Rosie DeQuattro
rosiedequat@hotmail.com
When freelance food writer Rosie DeQuattro isn't developing a story for Edible Boston Magazine (www.ediblecommunities.com/boston); maintaining her food blog (www.rosiedequattro.com); hanging out with her five sisters; or learning to Twitter, she is helping to manage the new Acton Boxborough Farmers Market (www.abfarmersmarket.org), which bears the motto, Real Food from Real People. Being 100 % Italian, Ms. DeQuattro prefers Italy over all other travel destinations she cannot get enough of the food, culture, and landscape. Her writing credits include Edible Boston Magazine, the Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Beat. She lives in Acton, MA with her furniture-making husband, Jerry Berke, and their dog, Rita.
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Adventures in Sicily
The stakes were high. The group of us, a family of six sisters ranging from our late 40s to early 60s, would take our 82-year-old mother to Sicily for a week. We would take her to the town where her mother was born before it was, you know, too late. A week with Mom; living all together like when we were kids—were we crazy? | |
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Frederica Dunn
frederica.hoge@verizon.net
Syndicated travel writer and photojournalist Frederica Dunn contributes to the Washington Times, New York Times, Winchester Star (VA) and other publications. A member of the National Press Club in Washington, DC, she led the club's first press trip to Cuba in 2000. As a former ombudsperson with General Electric, she wrote business articles and published a book, The Successful International Executive. Ms. Dunn resides in Alexandria, Virginia.  |
North Carolina's Currituck Outerbanks
Near the northernmost of North Carolina s barrier islands, the beautiful Currituck Outer Banks occupy a 12-mile stretch of ocean between the Atlantic and Currituck Sound. | |
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Kay Harwell Fernandez
kfernan331@aol.com
Award-winning freelancer and former magazine editor, Kay Harwell Fernandez has been writing about travel for a decade. She focuses on food and wine, luxury, cruises and rail, art, culture and history. Her publishing credits include international, national and regional magazines, newspapers and webzines. She contributed to the National Geographic tabletop book "Sacred Places of a Lifetime--500 of the World's Most Peaceful and Powerful Destinations." She is a member of Society of American Travel Writers, American Society of Journalists & Authors, International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association, and Florida Freelance Writers Association. Her passion for chocolate dates back to early childhood. Ms. Fernandez resides in Central Florida.  |
Rugged Northern Ireland
The Irish talent and tradition for spinning a yarn found its way to Giant's Causeway on the rugged coast of Northern Ireland. | |
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Lou Freed
loufreed@virgilio.it
With dual Masters' degrees in Education and Art, Lou Freed's experience has ranged from teaching English as a foreign language to publishing travel articles in Cruise Critic and various military publications. For several years, she has contributed a regular column to the NATO-Naples community newspaper, Panorama, on Italian cultural events (art, music, food and festivals). With abundant travel opportunities at her doorstep, she travels often with her husband James, a travel photographer and collaborator. Ms. Freed is passionate about sharing the cultural and travel insights she has gleaned from living in Italy for 10+ years, as well as the many other northern European and Mediterranean countries she has visited. Lou Freed resides in Pozzuoli , Italy, just outside of Naples. |
Barbara Hansen
barhansen@gmail.com
Barbara Hansen writes about ethnic food for the online publication, Table Conversation. A former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, where she wrote about food and travel; she has also written for Bon Appetit and Saveur magazines; has authored five cookbooks and won a James Beard Award for an article on the Oaxacan liquor, mezcal. Ms. Hansen resides in Los Angeles, California.
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There's No Better Water
I'm talking about the water in Desert Hot Springs, the cleanest, clearest, finest water that I have ever tasted. |  |
Dangerously Good Cookies
I always thought that chocolate chip cookies were as American as apple pie. But Naomi Stokes' cookie recipe came from England. | |
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Michael Hepworth
hepworth.m@comcast.net
A food and travel writer since 1988, Michael Hepworth got his start while living in the UK by covering local Indian restaurants for a small local newspaper. Gradually, he progressed to other types of cuisine, luxury hotels, resorts and travel destinations. Mr. Hepworth most enjoys writing about England, Scotland, Canada and South Africa, as well as the American South. These days, he also writes about wine, tequila, vodka and gin, and contributes to more than a dozen outlets including Millionaire, Aquacabana and Solano magazines, and www.richjourney.com/. He resides in Inglewood, California.
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Ventura Makes Its Name as a Haven for Great Food and Wine
It may come as no surprise that Ventura, California is becoming quite the restaurant town and, as more and more top chefs move here because of its proximity to the local produce and wines of Santa Barbara County, its reputation will continue to grow. |  |
Chattanooga - A Tourism Heaven
A delightful city on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga has such a strong community spirit that it's no wonder it has made such a remarkable turnaround since 1970. | |
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Joe Hilbers
hilbers@earthlink.net
Editor/publisher of "Vittles, Vintages & Voyages" for the past 16 years, Joe Hilbers has been a member of the IFWTWA since its earliest beginnings in the U.S. His newsletter is devoted food, wine and travel writing. Mr. Hilbers resides in Los Angeles, California.
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Brenda C. Hill
BCHill@NoraLyn.com
As a longtime food writer for Where Magazine New York City, Brenda Hill, along with her writing partner, Maralyn Hill (no relation), writes and publishes books about chefs, food and international travel. They co-authored Our Love Affairs with Food & Travel and joined French Master Chef Herv Laurent in writing Cooking Secrets: The Why and How Brenda has been active in the California Writer's Club, IFWTWA, and the Santa Barbara's Writers Conference. Brenda Hill and her partner Maralyn Hill conduct marketing and writing seminars.
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Maralyn D. Hill
MDHill@NoraLyn.com
After co-authoring Our Love Affairs with Food & Travel with Brenda Hill (no relation), the duo joined French Master Chef Hervé Laurent in writing Cooking Secrets: The Why and How… Maralyn Hill coauthored Success, Your Path to a Successful Book (2008). She produced and hosted a chef-related show for Time Warner Cable; and presented at the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference and an Infinity Authors Retreat. She now writes travel stories with her husband Norman, as well as with Ms. (Brenda) Hill. A former IFWTWA Board Member, Ms. Hill became the President of IFWTWA in 2009.
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A Traveling Life of Contrasts
In describing our lifetime travel experiences, two dictionary definitions are useful.
Luxury: Something that is not considered essential but gives great pleasure, esp. something expensive, rare, or hard to obtain; the enjoyment of sumptuous living.
Reasonable: Not excessive or extreme; moderate; reasonable prices. |  |
Wiesbaden, a Fairytale Comes to Life
The Romans discovered Wiesbaden and its 27 hot springs, so seeing part of the Roman Wall was a surprise. Before dinner at the famous Kifer's, we visited palace-like Kurhaus… | |
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Norman E. Hill
NHill@NoraLyn.com
An actuarial and business consultant with the acronyms, FSA, MAAA, CPA after his name, Norman Hill has written a variety of articles on both professional, as well as historical topics, his first love. He is well-published in his industry; but recently joined his wife, Maralyn in a travel-writing partnership.
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IFWTWA Mexico—November, 2009—The Canyon, The Carrier, and The Community
Let's face it—the Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre) is not listed as one of the seven (or whatever number) wonders of the world—but it should be. Actually composed of six canyons, it's at least four times the size of the world-famous Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, and, at many points, is about 1000 feet deeper than Arizona's Grand Canyon. | | |
A Traveling Life of Contrasts
In describing our lifetime travel experiences, two dictionary definitions are useful.
Luxury: Something that is not considered essential but gives great pleasure, esp. something expensive, rare, or hard to obtain; the enjoyment of sumptuous living.
Reasonable: Not excessive or extreme; moderate; reasonable prices. | |
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Don Jackson
donannj@earthlink.net
Don Jackson has been writing sports and travel columns for more than 25 years and has traveled to nearly 80 countries. He also served as an advisor to Zagat Travel Guides for seven years; co-authored the first guidebook to the Palm Springs area; and worked as a travel, dining and entertainment radio correspondent for 17 years. Mr. Jackson served as IFWTWA president for four years in the 80s and on its Board of Directors for 10 years. He is responsible, along with his wife Ann, for introducing and co-editing IFWTWA's first monthly newsletter and spearheading the publication of the IFWTWA armchair travel book, Windows to the World, a major fundraising tool for the organization. He is also a member of the Southern California Restaurant Writers Assn. and Bay Area Travel Writers. He has been published in Palm Springs Magazine, Family Circle, Silicon Valley Scene and numerous other media outlets.He resides in Los Altos Hills, California with his wife Ann, who is also a travel writer.
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Ireland Goes Upscale
While we've been aware of the wonderful B & B's, mid-level hotels and historic castle lodgings throughout Ireland for years… | |
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John Lamkin
John@TravelWritingAndPhotography.com
John Lamkin is a freelance travel journalist and photographer based in Taos, New Mexico. When not in Taos, he can be found roaming mostly in Latin America and writing about it. He has written for many newspapers and magazines, and is a contributor to several online publications. Mr. Lamkin is the editor of Soul of Travel online magazine.
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Colleen Shaughnessy-Larsson
A seasoned travel writer and photographer with extensive experience in Sweden, France, and the U.S., Colleen Shaughnessy-Larsson began her career writing human interest stories for local publications after earning her Journalism degree from the University of Florida. After that, she worked as a freelance writer and photographer for various multinational companies in Stockholm, Sweden, and wrote educational programs for Radio Sweden International. Since 1992, she has lived in Paris, where she has built a reputation as a trusted travel advisor on Colleen Paris online.
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Tranquility and beauty await in Morcote
The Swiss village of Morcote combines the best of two worlds; Swiss organization and Italian charm. It is the southernmost village in Switzerland and stretches from the hilltop to the shore line at the tip of a peninsula that shares Lake Lugano s waters with Italy. |  |
A Farm Holiday in Iceland
During a two-week farm holiday in Iceland, we spent one night in the barn where they milked the cows. We spent other nights in a former boarding school for the local farmer's children, and at a former hospital… | |
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Si Liberman
siliberm@aol.com
Since retiring as editor of the Asbury Park Sunday Press, New Jersey's second largest newspaper, Si Libermankeeps busy traveling and writing for a number of major publications. In recent months, his stories have appeared inthe Boston Globe,
St. Petersburg Times, Dallas Morning News, Newark Star-Ledger, Miami Herald, Palm Beach Daily News, Porthole Magazine and Boca Raton Magazine. He summers at the Jersey Shore and winters in Palm Beach.
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Curacao's X-Rated Resort
What they don't tell you about is the hush-hush Campo Alegre Resort, which is one of the world's largest brothels. Think Amsterdam and its swinging, legal red-light district, and you'll get the picture of this Dutch island's little secret.
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Cruising the Caribbean into the New Year
We were greeted by smiling Indonesian crew members wearing Santa hats, and a bottle of French bubbly awaited us in our stateroom.
Thus began a 14-day southern Caribbean holiday voyage -- with visits to nine islands in regal style -- on which we bid adieu to a difficult year and rang in our hopes for a brighter 2009. |  |
Barging Through Provence, France
It's what the French call le Train Grande Vitesse (very fast train) or TGV for short. And there we were in plush reserved seats on one heading for a rendezvous with a canal barge for a week of slow cruising, sightseeing and luxuriating with nine other passengers. | |
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Richard Mason
dickmason@cox.net
A California native and a graduate of Occidental College, Mr. Mason has been a researcher for his wife Yvonne's web site, TravelEats, and has written for Global Writes. He has traveled extensively, and always wines and dines well. He is currently writing a mystery novel set in California's Central Valley. He and his wife reside in Redondo Beach, Calif.
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England's Windsor is Worth the Rest
The queen's flag fluttered over the world's largest castle advising all that her majesty was at home, just a half mile away, as we slept at our favorite bed-and-breakfast in Windsor town… | |
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Yvonne Mason
mgypoet@socal.rr.com
A food and dining editor since 1975, Yvonne Mason has been a member of the Southern California Restaurant Writers since 1990, and was president of the association for four years. She is a member of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association, and contributes to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, San Pedro Magazine and other publications. Ms. Mason is also a poet, visual artist and self-proclaimed "beach bum" who resides in Redondo Beach, California.
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Salvador Dali's Port Lligat, Spain and the Bay of Cadaques
Salvador Dali spent long periods of his young life in Port Lligat, and he and his beloved wife Gala spent 40 years adding on to and decorating their home there. The house is made up of a number of fisherman's huts fastened in inventive and fascinating ways, and then whitewashed. | |
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Gregory D. McCluney
gdmccluney@aol.com
In writing about wine, beer, spirits, food and travel since 1988, Greg McCluney has traveled most of the wine world. Conversely, he also covers the world of fly fishing and boating. Perhaps thats why his pet peeve is snobbish wine guys in black tie who ruin the chances for ordinary people to experience great wine and food on a daily basis. Mr. McCluney has contributed to USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Kansas City Star, Tampa Tribune, Wines & Vines, Tampa Bay Magazine, Tampa Bay Life, Zagat Guides, James Beard Publications and The Wine Report (as associate editor); as well as Outdoor Life, TWA Ambassador and Destination Fish. He resides in Atlanta, GA and Tampa Bay, FL. |
Dominick A. Merle
dmerle@videotron.ca
One of the original founders of the IFWTWA, Dominick A. Merle currently serves as Canadian Director. His articles have appeared in virtually every major newspaper in North America, as well as inflight magazines and international publications. He resides in Montreal, Canada.  |
Ode to Brooklyn: A Bum Goes Home
Brooklyn, New York —In returning to one's roots, there is often a single defining moment that lets you know your journey is complete, and mine came at the intersection of Montague and Clinton in Brooklyn Heights when I heard a heartwarming shout that almost brought tears to my eyes: |  |
Borneo Lite? Malaysia's Final Frontier
I knew that the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur left the so-called Third World at least 20 years ago and that today, with its dazzling skyline, it looks like a futuristic city. But Sarawak? I came because I had heard that the Malaysian state was its final frontier… |  |
Napoli the Good
…4 a.m. in my sixth-floor room at the Hotel San Francesco al Monte when I heard: "Incendio! Fire! Incendio!"… |  |
RONDA, SPAIN: Home of the Rooster
DNA scientists have recently announced that the bones in the massive Seville cathedral are, in fact, just as Sevillians have claimed all along, those of Christopher Columbus. | |
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Cork Millner
vincork@aol.com
The author of more than 500 magazine articles, Cork Millner has been published in Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Los Angeles Times, Seventeen, Santa Barbara Magazine (48 times!) and Travel-Holiday.
He is the author of 16 books, including "Write from the Start--A Proven Program for Writing and Selling Nonfiction" (Simon & Schuster), "The Q's & A's of Interviewing--for Writers," and "Hollywood Be Thy Name--The Warner Brothers Story," which was recently optioned to be made into a Broadway musical. His book, "Portraits" is a collection of 20 interviews with celebrities including Robert Mitchum, Ronald Reagan, James Stewart, Jonathan Winters, Bo Derek and Jane Seymour. His latest book, "Vintage Cork" offers a humorous take on wine. Comedian Jonathan Winters once quipped, "Cork is one of the great wine and cuisine writers of our time, especially his new book, ‘Eating on the Donner Pass,' which is close to a Pulitzer Prize." Mr. Millner resides in Santa Barbara, California.
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Oh, You Brut!
“Come quickly, I am tasting stars.” The astounded Benedictine monk, a fellow by the name of Dom Perignon, took another sip of the frothy wine and repeated in awe, “I am tasting stars…” |  |
Ten Wine Snob "No-No's"
If you've ever been left speechless by a posturing wine snob, terrorized by an imperious sommelier, or turned off by the enological pontification of a wine critic, then here is your answer: join them! | |
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Kevin Moloney
kevinmoloney@iinet.net.au
He has spent more than 3,500 hours in trains and boats and planes, but it's not the frequent flier points that make him a travel writer…it's his unique take on his experiences along the way. Technically, Kevin Moloney lives in Melbourne, Australia, but at any opportunity, he's off discovering places ranging from Peru's Atacama Desert to Honolulu's shopping malls to Bali's foot-massage stalls. With a penchant for the absurd, the insight of a traveler (never a tourist), and wry humor as his tools, he takes it all in, turns it upside down, and puts it on paper. He writes travel and lifestyle pieces for newspapers and magazines across the globe.  |
A Lazy River Cruise….NOT
…not far from the Shotover River is a boating company that takes passengers for little rides up and down the river. I'm here for a ride on one… |  |
Vienna’s Hotel Sacher - Torte and Terrific
Since 1876, the Hotel Sacher Wien in the very heart of Vienna has been the hôtel du choice… among celebrities, world leaders, gazillionaires and try-hard parvenus seeking the world-class indulgence offered by one of Europe's finest hotels. |  |
Bali by Foot
On the beaches of Sanur, in the hills of Ubud, and in the hotel spas of Jimbaran, a good foot massage is easy to come by. | |
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Marcia B. Reed
marbr@aol.com
Travel writer, poet and photojournalist Marcia Reed specializes in cultural history, folk art and profiles. Her travel articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Daily Breeze; Country Almanac, Historic Traveler, Westways, Country Folk Art, Retired Officer and Activities magazines. Ms. Reed's stories and travel poems have been published in several anthologies, and her photos have appeared in Metal Roofing and Doctor's Review Magazine (Canada). She resides in San Diego, California.  |
Instanbul's Pera Palace Hotel
From the marble-pillared lobby of Istanbul's legendary Pera Palace Hotel, you might catch a glimpse of a slight figure emerging from the wrought-iron "bird cage" elevator. Could it be the ghost of Agatha Christie? Mata Hari?
Or could that tall, haughty woman who slipped past be Greta Garbo? | |
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Peter I. Rose
prose@smith.edu
Peter Rose of Northampton, MA, is a sociologist, ethnographer, writer and editor of SoGoNow.com. He has been researching, teaching and writing about the movements and interactions of people for 50 years. In addition to a memoir, Guest Appearances and Other Travels in Time and Space (2003), his other books include They and We (1964, 6e 2006), The Subject is Race (1967), Strangers in Their Midst (1977), Mainstream and Margins (1983), Tempest-Tost (1997), and The Dispossessed (2005). An emeritus professor from Smith College who has taught in the UK, Japan, Australia, Austria and the Netherlands, and a long-time biker, sailor, and jogger, Peter's travel writing is broad-based, describing his life as a peripatetic professor and his extracurricular sojourns, quite literally running around the world. His newest book on travel, With Few Reservations, is in press.  |
FOREIGN SERVICE
Foreign service is not just for government employees. On Cape Cod and many resort areas in this country, ordinary people can enjoy it, too. | |
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Sandra Scott
sanscott_2000@yahoo.com
A retired history teacher and the co-author of two local history books, Sandra Scott has been traveling the world since the ‘80s, and writing about her travels since 1990. Ms. Scott and her husband and travel/writing partner John have traveled to more than 100 countries, some of them several times. Their travel-related writings include a weekly column, a monthly-syndicated roundup column, and four food & beverage columns. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, and she is a frequent contributor to the Copley News Service. The Scotts reside in Mexico, New York, where Ms. Scott founded Mexico State Park on Lake Ontario, as well as the local historical society.
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Adventures on the Orient Express Train to Machu Picchu
“Good Morning! Would you like champagne, orange juice, or a mimosa?” asks the formally attired attendant on the Hiram Bingham, the Oriental Express train to Machu Picchu in Peru. The welcome drink is just the beginning of a luxurious day discovering one of the great wonders of the world. |  |
Road to Mandalay
We arrived in Yangon, and our first impression was a positive one. The streets of the city are lined with trees and it is very quiet honking ones car horn is not allowed in the city center. |  |
Red Bridge Cooking School
While many places offer cooking lessons, I had heard that the Red Bridge Cooking School had gotten rave reviews. . . and now I know why. |  |
Living Life in the Past Lane
Houseboating on the Erie Canal is the perfect multi-generation vacation. It turns a fun vacation into a learning adventure. You don't need your own boat… | |
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Silvia Anne Sheafer
jimsil25@msn.com
Journalist and editor; LA Times, Journal Publications newspapers, San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Author of 15 non-fiction books, travel writer, Instructor, MiraCosta Community College. Currently columnist for Coast News Group San Diego, editor of International Senior Traveler, and contract writer for Chelsea House Publishers, New York.
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Elizabeth Willoughby
rekw@hotmail.com
Elizabeth Willoughby is a freelance Canadian writer and photographer based in Munich since 2004. Her current regular gigs include Look to the Stars, where she is an international correspondent writing pieces on charitable acts by celebrities, and WorldGuide's Tales from the Road, an adventure travel page. Previously, she lived in Sao Paulo where she wrote two regular columns for Brazil's only bilingual newspaper, Going Places, on South American travel, and Letters Home, a tongue-in-cheek look at culture-clash that she hopes, one day, to turn into a book. Ms. Willoughby resides in Munich, Germany.
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Scuba Diving in the Red Sea
The port in early morning is all hustle and bustle as crews are loading up the ships. Dollies and wagons carry crates and equipment down the dock past a long row of vessels' sterns. Dive tanks are tossed from man to man and slipped into slots ready for the first dive, or clanged into piles on decks for the subsequent ones. |  |
Getting Spoiled in Namibia's Unspoiled Wilderness
Someone has just radioed us the whereabouts of a pride of lions and we're hot on its trail in the Oganva Reserve in northern Namibia. Although it's a sunny afternoon, the rainy season began last month – the vegetation is green and the dirt trails that we follow are bumpy and puddled. | |
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Michelle Winner
poidog@wildblue.net
Michelle Winner is a wanderer and chronicler of all things travel and food. During her 53 years on earth (this time!), she has been known to take off for new adventures at the drop of a credit card. Past roles (that she won't get arrested for) include surfer, travel agent, stewardess (yes, it was, "stewardess" back then), BWI Rent-A Wreck franchisee, interior designer and wedding-business owner. A current IFWTWA Vice President and co-chair of the Media Trips and Conference Committee, Ms. Winner contributes to Lavish magazine, Arizona Bride, Portland Food, and Spire.com (along with Sir Richard Branson); and writes the monthly newspaper column, "Culinary Traveler" in Portland, OR.. She resides in Cherryville, Oregon where she is working on her first book.
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Michoacán, the heart and soul of Mexico
Ever dreamed of waking up in a city where time stands still? Where pink buildings glow in the sun as if lit from within? Add to this idyll a mass migration of butterflies. And yes, it's real! | |
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| Photographers |
Johanna Jacobson
ambientimage@hotmail.com
Food, Wine, Travel. Freelance Photographer. Published in Bologna Guidebook - "Bologna Inside" inside front/back covers; The Tasting Panel - Photos on Vercelli, Italy; PIC-Industry Magazine regarding the gastronomy of Red Peppers/Pepperoncini. Lives in Italy and part time in Los Angeles.
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| Guest Contributors |
Natalie Bovis-Nelsen
natalie@theliquidmuse.com
As a mixologist, blogger and editor of TheLiquidMuse.com, Natalie Bovis-Nelsen keeps a close eye on drink trends, the people who set them; and the bars around the world where connoisseurs can share a quality tipple. She presents The Liquid Muse cocktail classes across the country; mixes alcohol-free wine cocktails on TV for Sutter Home; and works with liquor and wine companies to create signature cocktails for liquor launches and other events. She writes a syndicated spirits column for Where Magazine in select cities; a monthly cocktail column in Northern Virginia Magazine; and her cocktail, restaurant and travel articles appear in Every Day With Rachel Ray, National Geographic Traveler, The Tasting Panel, Pregnancy Magazine and Capitol File (Niche Media). Her first cocktail book is due on shelves in December 2008.
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The Power of Pink
There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne. | |
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JoAnna Haugen
joanna_haugen@hotmail.com
2009 WiFTy Scholarship Winner
JoAnna Haugen writes from Las Vegas, Nevada, where she can often be found planning her next great adventure. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, her travels have taken her down the white water of the Nile River, through the rainforests of Australia, along the Inca Trail in Peru, and to dozens of national parks across the United States. Follow Ms. Haugen’s journeys at http://www.kaleidoscopicwandering.com.
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Warren Bobrow
jockeyhollow@mac.com
2009 WiFTy Scholarship Finalist
After having grown up on a working farm in Morristown, NJ, Warren Bobrow earned a degree in Film from Emerson College. He worked as a research assistant at MIT before spending many years in the corporate world. A columnist and contributing editor to Wild River Review, he has also contributed to www.njmyway.com, www.SlowFoodNorthernNJ.com, NJ Savvy Living and Edible Jersey magazines. He is proud to have written several entries for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America , Ed. 2. One of those rare photographers who shoots in film, Mr. Bobrow uses a mint-condition Leica m6 ttl. He hopes that readers will follow his “moving about and drinkin' 'round” on Twitter.
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With a Sip, Suppah is Served
It's amazing to me how a sip of a wine can vividly recreate a memory of a place… As soon as the crisp, cool, fermented liquid touched my lips, the resin quality and razor sharp acidity reminded me of a trip to Damariscotta, Maine about 23 years before. | |
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