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The Southern Cry of Jubilee-Fairhope, Alabama -

Following My Stomach 03/16/14 01:15
It was four in the morning when the man running down the dock started shouting, “Jubilee! Jubilee!” It was a sweltering August night along the shoreline of Mobile Bay, so we had our portholes open and could hear him perfectly. “What’s that?” Patrick rolled...
- Southern
- Alabama
The Crossroads-Mississippi Delta to Memphis -

Following My Stomach 12/17/11 14:17
We drove through the pecan colors of the Mississippi Delta in late fall. We passed the barren cut remains of cotton fields that were in bloom as recently as last week and dried rusted oak trees that shed their leaves as fast as the levees had broken. Although...
- Mississippi Delta
Tribal Bartering-Papua New Guinea -

Following My Stomach 08/27/11 15:41
“Are they still there?” I asked Patrick as he walked through the galley. “They haven’t left.” Patrick grabbed a slice of pineapple from the platter in front of me. “We’re surrounded.” I swatted his hand as he reached for another slice. The fruit tray was...
- Papua New Guinea
- Guinea
Citrus and Sunshine-Key West -

Following My Stomach 08/14/11 19:36
“The best Key lime pie is the one you are about to eat.” David Sloan, author of the upcoming The Ultimate Key Lime Pie Cookbook, told me. I was in Key West on an odyssey. Instead of doing the Duval crawl, I was in search of the taste of Key West. In the...
- Citrus
Comfort Food- Nantes, France -

Following My Stomach 08/06/11 16:55
My mother is a trouper. Over the years, I have dragged her to dinners that consisted of raw tuna, when she had never had anything but canned before, and spicy curries from countries she had never heard of. She would smile and eat what was in front of her,...
- France
- Food
In The Red Kitchen-Morocco -

Following My Stomach 05/22/11 15:15
I lounged in the courtyard of our Riad (guesthouse). Sultry African sunlight streamed through the branches of an orange tree, casting shadows like a paper doily on my skin. The soothing sound of water bubbled from the fountain and the serenity of the abode...
- Red
- Morocco
Shore Leave -

Following My Stomach 07/21/13 16:16
This article originally appeared in MarinaLife Magazine It was time to get off the boat. Sometimes, the small confining space gets to me. It was time for wide-open sky, endless miles of land, and long white beaches. It was time to go camping. Leaving the...
- Leaves
A Slice of Eleuthera - Bahamas -

Following My Stomach 01/29/12 16:52
“It’s a long way to go for pie.” Patrick, my husband, cautioned as we bumped our way along the long stretch of Bahamian road from South Eleuthera to North. “Yes, but it ‘s worth it.” I spoke with authority. It would be our third pineapple pie this week....
- Bahamas
Lobster Rolling -

Following My Stomach 11/19/11 16:31
There is a certain time of year when hopping a flight out of Florida and heading to New England seems like the thing to do. Last weekend was that time. The golden yellow of poplar trees and cinnamon reds of the maples glowed out the window of our rental...
- Lobster
Savannah Shrimpin'-Savannah, Georgia -

Following My Stomach 10/29/11 15:16
Whenever we pull into a port, I always like to get to know the local foods. I want to meet the people at the markets and see what they are cooking. It is my way of soaking up culture. In Savannah that meant shrimp. It was early morning as we cruised the...
- Savannah Georgia
- Georgia
Mama Goes Yachting-Himmarshee, Florida -

Following My Stomach 09/10/11 15:46
For the past 13 years I have been traveling around the world as a chef on a yacht. I write about my experiences and the food I find in each port. Usually, my tales involve a trip to the market in Spain, grilling octopus under the scorching Greek sun, or...
- Florida
It Ain't Pretty-New Orleans -

Following My Stomach 07/09/11 17:17
“It ain’t pretty, but it’s tasty.” These words ran through my head all weekend in New Orleans. They were spoken by our taxi driver. “Howdy, folks. Welcome to New Orleans.” The wrinkles on the back of the man’s neck told a story of how long he had been greeting...
- New Orleans
- Ain
Stumbling Home-Germany -

Following My Stomach 06/19/11 14:56
I’m not sure how I got there. It was five-thirty on a Sunday morning in Hamburg, Germany, and I was in the middle of a fish market. On stage in front of me, a band vied for the attention of the crowd with the beer vendors. The shouting cries of bantering...
- Germany
Under the Shade of the Hazelnut Trees-Piedmont, Italy -

Following My Stomach 05/29/11 14:32
“Here is a good place,” Stefan, our owlish truffle-guide told us as we entered the forest. We were just outside Alba, in the Piedmont region of Italy. We had spent the last few days in the wine country, staying in a 19th century Gothic castle, hemmed in...
- Hazelnut
- Italy
- Trees
Culinary Contraband-Ft. Lauderdale -

Following My Stomach 08/31/14 15:42
Humidity and heat are all relative in South Florida. Compared to February, a night in June is hotter than a pot of simmering conch chowder, but as opposed to August, it is like swimming in a bowl of gazpacho. There is that magical time of day, right before...
- Culinary
Mexican Moniker -

Following My Stomach 07/24/14 00:50
It had been twelve years since Patrick had been on a boat in Isla Mujeres and twenty since I’d frolicked in Mexican time--too long between fiestas. “Jacqui,” my husband called to me from his hammock suspended over white sand. Before the lime of my first...
- Mexican
Diggin'-Boston -

Following My Stomach 07/05/14 02:10
The wet sand squished between my toes. “Dig deeper.” James, my clam-diggin’ new friend instructed. “They’re down there.” We were just outside of Boston searching for lunch on the beach. Actually, we were in the shallows with the Atlantic biting cold on...
Gator Bites-Everglades, Florida -

Following My Stomach 04/15/14 10:37
FMWA’s Florida Crazy Blog Hop Gator Bites Victoria Allman www.victoriaallman.com “Florida is a giant bug light for crazy people.” ~Phyllis Smallman, Sleuthfest 2014 It’s no surprise to any author living in Florida that some of the craziest stories we can...
- Florida
Island Blues-Mustique -

Following My Stomach 01/28/14 22:07
February has always been a month of the blues for me. In a previous Canadian life, the cold air and snowdrifts made for a month of indoor pacing and yearning for the sun. But, this year, February would be spent in Mustique, a small island in the West Indies....
The Cure to What Ails You-Conch Salad, Bahamas -

Following My Stomach 01/04/14 20:40
The Cure to What Ails You First published in MarinaLife Magazine "It'll cure what ails you," Moe, my cab driver, told me as I returned from the market to the boat on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. “You got a backache: Eat a bowl of conch salad. You got...
- Bahamas
- Conch
- Salad
- Ail