In this video chef William Lafontaine, executive chef at Sasi Thai, shows me how to cook his specialty dish, Green Tea Smoked Salmon. Sasi Thai is located at the CasaMagna Marriott, Cancun, Mexico, a hotel Marriott graciously put me up in so that I could make this video. In an […]

Forget artsy time-lapse travel videos of market vendors in Hanoi, sunsets over the Manhattan skyline or commuters crossing the street in Tokyo. A new bar has been set in the world of time-lapse videos, and it comes from Tomislav Safundžić of Croatia, who combined images taken from the International Space […]

Captain and Clark (a.k.a. Chris Staudinger and Tawny Clark) head to Seattle in this video to show travelers the right way to order coffee in the unofficial coffee capital of the country. Do it correctly and you’ll maybe get an unironic grin. Do it wrongly and be prepared for mumbled […]

In this travel video guide to Cancun, I travel around Cancun and the Yucatan Peninsula, including taking a boat to Isla Mujeres (the small island just off the coast of Cancun) for some snorkeling, visiting the market at Parque Palapas in downtown Cancun for some tasty snacks, and exploring Coba, […]

When Air Canada Flight AC 876 was delayed for 20 minutes last week, Lemon Bucket Orkestra — a klezmer band on board that was en route to Europe for a summer tour using funds they earned from busking on the street — decided to break out their instruments and treat […]

In this travel video guide to Guatemala, I head down to Guatemala and explore scenic Antigua, hike Volcano Pacaya, take a road trip to Lake Atitlan (and ride a horse along its banks), then head north to Tikal, home to the capital of the once mighty Mayan Empire, where I […]

People sometimes ask me inane questions, like why I grew a beard (duh, for warmth while I toil outside during the cold winter months), why I eat so much cheese (if people ate more cheese I believe the world would be a happier place), and whether I like the aisle […]

Last week I attended the launch of my friend Kate and Nora’s kickstarter campaign for their new foodie travel show, The Innocents Abroad (see the above video), a campaign in which they’re hoping to raise money to film even more epic and calorie-inducing episodes for use to pitch their show […]

Travel Channel announced that Bourdain is returning April 9 for Season 8 of No Reservations, a great addition to an otherwise exciting spring for returning shows (both Mad Men and Game of Thrones will also be coming back in the next couple of months). Last season’s opener found Tony in […]

This movie short by MGM from 1932 shows Buenos Aires during its glory years. Well, glorious for the rich men who lived there, a little less so for the natives, the cows and the women who also inhabited “The Argentine” at the time. Check out the great shots of Plaza […]